The University Institute for Regional Development (IUDR) at the University of La Laguna is a center for research and specialized training. The Institute's primary objective is to promote an open research platform of the highest academic caliber within the broad framework of its constituent areas of knowledge. Currently, the IUDR includes professors and researchers from the fields of Law, Economics, Statistics, Operations Research and Computer Science, and Geography at the University of La Laguna, and also involves researchers from other national and international institutions and universities.