Research center managed by the Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance of the University of Bucharest. Research areas of the Institute include:
- South-East European space: characteristics and historical specificities (economical, cultural, religious, political)
- relations between the Eastern space and the Western space
- problems on the European integration of countries from the South-Eastern Europe
- ethnics, nation and nationalism in the Eastern space
- comparative analysis on different cultural areas and on different dimensions.
University’s website contains limited information about the research center itself and its activities.