The researchers of the Visual Sociology Research Group are part of the Doctoral School in Social Sciences, curricula Sociology and Migrations and Intercultural processes, of the University of Genoa.

They teach Visual sociology in the course of Communication Studies of the University of Genoa.

The Visual Sociology Research Group has ongoing Erasmus agreements to foster mobility of lecturers, early-career researchers and PhD students on the topic of visual sociology with the following institutions: University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona; University of Paris-Saclay, Paris. The Visual Sociology Research Group has also soon-to-be-finalised agreements with: University of Guyana, Georgetown; Galatasaray University, Istanbul; University of Liège, Liège; Centre Universitaire Mayotte/University of Reunion, Reunion.

In addition, the Lab developed the following international training programmes: