Centro de Estudios Demográficos Urbanos y Ambientales

What Centro de Estudios Demográficos Urbanos y Ambientales does

Centro de Estudios Demográficos Urbanos y Ambientales (CEDUA) is a public academic research center within El Colegio de México, A.C., founded in 1964 in Mexico City. CEDUA operates as one of eight study centers of the parent institution and is dedicated to research and graduate-level teaching in demography, urban studies, and environmental studies. The center currently employs 30 full-time researcher-professors plus emeritus, associate, and CONACYT-affiliated researchers, supported by administrative and research-assistant staff.

CEDUA's core products are five graduate programs (two master's in Demography and Urban Studies, a dual-degree master's in Comparative Urban Governance with Sciences Po, and two doctorates in Population Studies and Urban and Environmental Studies), supplemented by the peer-reviewed journal Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, the LEAD México leadership program, methodology summer workshops (Talleres de Verano, since 2009), and proprietary research databases including the Encuesta Demográfica Retrospectiva (EDER). Active research projects span migration (INMIMEX), aging-climate-health (CACHE), and water security (Foro de Seguridad Hídrica). All four graduate programs hold "Competencia Internacional" designation within Mexico's SECIHTI Sistema Nacional de Posgrados, and tuition is free for Mexican students.

The center's business model is non-commercial and academic: revenue derives from El Colegio de México's federal funding, diversified research grants from international foundations (Ford, Rockefeller, MacArthur, Hewlett, Sasakawa, Heinrich Böll), journal and book publication sales through Colmex's publishing house, and SECIHTI scholarships for students. Customers are graduate students (~90 enrolled), Mexican government agencies consuming policy research, and the international academic community, served through publications, conferences, and dual-degree partnerships with institutions including Sciences Po, Johns Hopkins, IRD, and Wayne State.

Name

Centro de Estudios Demográficos Urbanos y Ambientales

Legal name

Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales, El Colegio de México A.C.

Website

https://cedua.colmex.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CEDUA is a public academic research center within El Colegio de México that runs graduate programs and produces research in demography, urban studies, and environmental studies, serving graduate students, Mexican government agencies, and the Latin American academic community since 1964.

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Headquarters

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Tlalpan

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public higher education funding: As a public institution belonging to El Colegio de México, CEDUA operates primarily through government funding from Mexico's federal education budget. Student scholarships are provided through SECIHTI (formerly CONACYT) Sistema Nacional de Posgrados.
2. Publication revenue: Sale of books, journals (Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos), research documents, and workbooks published by El Colegio de México through its publishing house.
3. Research grants and project funding: Funding from national and international organizations for specific research projects, including support from foundations such as Ford, Rockefeller, Hewlett, MacArthur, Sasakawa, and Heinrich Böll.

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CEDUA is an academic research and postgraduate teaching center within El Colegio de México that delivers master's and doctoral programs in Demography, Urban Studies, Urban and Environmental Studies, and Comparative Urban Governance (dual degree with Sciences Po). It also conducts demographic and urban research, publishes a quarterly peer-reviewed journal, maintains research databases (including the EDER retrospective demographic survey), runs summer methodology workshops, and provides the LEAD México sustainable development leadership program.

Product overview

Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales (CEDUA) is an academic research center at El Colegio de México offering five postgraduate academic programs (three master's and two doctoral), research databases including the Encuesta Demográfica Retrospectiva (EDER), the peer-reviewed journal Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, summer methodology workshops, and the LEAD México training program. The center conducts research through specialized projects addressing population dynamics, urban development, environmental sustainability, migration, and climate change. The academic programs include: Maestría en Demografía, Maestría en Estudios Urbanos, Maestría en Gobernanza Urbana Comparativa (dual degree with Sciences Po), Doctorado en Estudios de Población, and Doctorado en Estudios Urbanos y Ambientales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Revista Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos: A peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by CEDUA, covering population, urban, and environmental studies in Latin America from a social sciences perspective.
• Programa LEAD México
• Talleres de Verano
• Premio Latinoamericano en Población Carmen A. Miró
• Premio Latinoamericano Luis Unikel Spector en Estudios Urbanos y Ambientales

Products and services

• Maestría en Demografía
• Maestría en Estudios Urbanos
• Maestría en Gobernanza Urbana Comparativa
• Doctorado en Estudios de Población
• Doctorado en Estudios Urbanos y Ambientales
• Revista Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos
• Talleres de Verano
• Programa LEAD México
• EDER - Encuesta Demográfica Retrospectiva

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 700 graduates produced since 1964
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and regional.

• Sciences PocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDual degree program - Maestría en Gobernanza Urbana Comparativa offered jointly with Sciences Po Urban School. First cohort started in 2018. Students receive degrees from both institutions.
• Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research collaboration in demography and development studies with French research institute.
• Universidad Católica de Lovaina - Instituto de DemografíamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic exchange and research collaboration in population studies with Belgium's leading demography institute.
• Johns Hopkins UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration and academic exchange with renowned US institution in public health and demography.
• Universidad de San Carlos de GuatemalaregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional partnership for academic exchange and collaborative research on migration and population dynamics in Central America.
• Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic collaboration with leading Peruvian university in health and population studies.
• Wayne State UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with Detroit-based university in urban studies and demographics.
• FLACSO GuatemalaregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with FLACSO (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences) Guatemala on regional migration studies.
• Population CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research organization collaboration on population and development research.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CEPAL/ECLAC (Sede México): The UN's Latin American economic commission produces influential demographic, urbanization, and environmental research for the region and competes with CEDUA for policy-shaping voice among Latin American governments, though operating at a much broader economic scope.
• Population Council: An international research organization that conducts demographic and development research, supports graduate training, and collaborates with CEDUA on population and development research. It has a much broader global footprint but overlapping research themes and policy advisory role.

Direct peers

• CIDE: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas is a Mexican public research and graduate institution with policy-relevant master's and doctoral programs in social sciences, including demography and urban policy, recruiting from a similar SECIHTI scholarship-eligible applicant pool.
• FLACSO México: Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Mexico) offers master's and doctoral programs in population, urban, and environmental studies and is already a CEDUA partner. It competes for the same Latin American graduate applicants and policy research mandates as CEDUA.
• Centro de Estudios Demográficos, UNAM: UNAM's demography research and graduate training center is the closest Mexican peer to CEDUA: it offers graduate programs in demography and population studies, conducts demographic research, and publishes related academic work, directly competing for faculty, students, and policy influence in the same Mexican academic ecosystem.
• CIESAS: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social is a Mexican public research center with graduate programs in social sciences, including demographic and urban themes, and competes for SNI-credentialed researchers and SECIHTI-funded graduate students across Mexico.
• Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF): A Mexican public research center focused on demographic, urban, migration, and regional development studies, with graduate programs and policy research outputs in the same thematic domains as CEDUA, including migration studies (a CEDUA focus) and northern Mexico urbanization research.

Regional players

• CONAPO: Mexico's National Population Council generates official demographic projections and policy advice, and collaborates with academic researchers like CEDUA. As a government institution it complements but does not directly compete with CEDUA's graduate education mission; the operating geography and Mexican regulatory scope align directly with CEDUA's domestic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/CEDUAcolmex
• Facebookfacebook.com/ceduacolmex
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ceduacolmex

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

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