As academic research becomes increasingly specialised and compartmentalised, and as the gap between academic research and development practice keeps growing, mesopartner has spotted an opportunity in bridging this gap. Partners teach at several universities around the world and cultivate relationships with leading researchers. Consequently, mesopartner's research can draw on insights from a variety of disciplines in economics and social science, combining findings in sometimes surprising ways.

mesopartner has a robust record in research, including both academic research with publications by top publishers and policy-oriented research. mesopartner has proven its ability to innovate in the sense of Schumpeter's expression "innovation is re-combination".