The beginning

• Xarxa temàtica de Lexicografia (1998 XT-00019, 2000 XT-00063 y 2002 XT-00071). Sponsored by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the group Infolex coordinated a network of research groups that focused on many aspects of lexicography. This network was composed by groups coordinated by a main researcher from different Catalan universities (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Universitat de Lleida and Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Spanish universities (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Jaén, Universidad de Salamanca and Universidad de Málaga) and from European universities (Universität Augsburg and Université Lumière Lyon2).
  The network promoted many research activities on lexicography and encouraged the dreation of the Asociación Española de Estudios Lexicográficos (AELex).

Current networks and associations

• RETEM (Red Temática Española de Morfología). The main goal of the Red Temática Española de Morfología (RETEM) is to present the currently active research groups that continuously make relevant contributions to the field of lexicography, to highlight the contributions of their members –including their graduate students– and to showcase their research process. 

• RELEX (Red de Lexicografía). The Red de Lexicografía (RELEX) brings together eight research groups from Galician universities and five from other universities that focus on lexicography as their main line of research. The aim of RELEX is to encourage lexicography as a research and teaching object in all the lines of work related to lexicography, to spread and transfer the knowledge and results obtained from these activities among the general public, to strengthen the training of lexicography teachers and researchers, and to favour the synergy and cooperation of all those who work in this field.

• Red Temática Lengua y Ciencia. La Red Temática "Lengua y Ciencia" tiene como objetivo reunir los grupos de investigación interesados por la lengua de la ciencia y de la técnica como primer paso para hacer visible un campo de investigación con potencial de crecimiento y para incorporar otros grupos que a nivel internacional puedan contribuir a crear estructuras de investigación capaces de acudir a convocatorias de proyectos en el marco del Espacio Europeo.

• AELex (Asociación Española de Estudios Lexicográficos) As a result of the coordination of the university research groups forming the Xarxa Temàtica de Lexicografía, the commission in charge of the organization of the I Symposium Internacional de Lexicografía wrote the first draft of the bylaws of an Association that gathered researchers, professors and professionals of this area. In a post-Symposium session (Barcelona, May 18, 2002) the draft of the bylaws was discussed and approved and the first executive board was elected with Manuel Seco as its first President (currently its honorary president).