The Institute was created over 25 years ago as a Center for the study of Bucovina Region's problems and it was subordinated to the Iaşi Branch of the Romanian Academy. Its fields of research are history, literary history, ethnography and folklore, natural sciences, all focused on the Bucovina region.

The National Institute of Economic Research "Costin C. Kiritescu" is part of the fundamental research structures of the Romanian Academy and is the continuator of the tradition of economic and social research in Romania, which has its roots for almost a century. INCE's current goals stem from the mission it undertook in the early tenth decade of the twentieth century.

The National Institute for the Study of Totalitarism is dedicated to the research and publication of studies and documents related to various forms of totalitarianism established during the twentieth century in Romania and internationally.

Since its establishment, the Institute's activity has resulted in a significant volume of research output, ranging from theoretical, academically oriented materials, to strategic studies, many times crucial for the economic decision making process in Romania. The main areas of interest for the Institute's researchers are: macroeconomic analysis and modeling, labor market policies and institutions, industrial policies, regional and local development, European economic integration and microeconomic analysis.

The Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy is a public institution of scientific research in the field of socio-human sciences with half a century of experience in the profile activity. The Institute of Sociology defined its program under five programmatic requirements that are representative for today's conception of the Romanian Academy, covering for the following periods: 1)The requirement to capitalize on the "forgotten work"; 2) Encyclopedic and restitutive requirement; 3) The requirement of monographic research on fundamental issues; 4)The requirement of research and interactive action; 5) "Open Institute" requirement