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

The Institute of South-Eastern European Studies of the Romanian Academy aims to study the languages ​​of the Carpathian and Balkan nations, as well as those in the immediate vicinity of our northern and eastern borders, to guide, assist and organize scientific research in the field of history, geography, ethnography. archeology, folklore, art and political economy.

The Institute of Political Science and International Relations "Ion IC Brătianu" (ISPRI) of the Romanian Academy was founded in January 1990 as the Institute of Social Theory and Political Science , with the main objective of developing scientific research in the field of social philosophy and political science.