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University of Belgrade

THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES


The Institute of Social Sciences

Address:
Narodnog fronta 45
11000 BELGRADE
Telephone: (011) 642-955; 646-351 (Director)
Fax: (011) 643-525; 646-351

Director:
Dr. Dragomir Panti}

Secretary:
Bogdan Vladisavljevi}, LL. B.

Detailed information in Serbian



FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT

The Institute was founded by the Federal Government in 1957 as a federal research institution in the areas of politics, law, sociology, and history. Gradually the field of research widened to include philosophy (1961), demography (1962), and public opinion polls (1963).

Through the separation of various departments of the Institute in the course of its further development, new research organisations were established (the Institute of Modern History, the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory).

In 1976, the Institute of Social Sciences ceased to have the status of a federal institution, so that the rights and duties of the founder were taken over by the Republic of Serbia.

The Institute entered the structure of the University of Belgrade in 1981.



THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES TODAY

The Institute is at present engaged in research activities in the areas of economic, legal, sociological, demographic, and political disciplines, including public opinion research.

Some 50 research associates make up the research staff of the Institute, out of which 8 are scientific advisers, 8 senior research associates, 8 research associates, 18 research collaborators, and a dozen research assistants.

Two members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts were elected from among the ranks of the research staff of this Institute.

The research activities of the Institute are carried out within the following five centers: the Center for Economic Research; the Center for Legal Studies; the Center for Sociological Research; the Center for Demographic Research; the Center for Political Studies; and Public Opinion Research.

The Institute publishes "Population", and the "Sociological Review", as well as volumes in the sphere of demography, annual editions, and other publications (in Serbian), including some editions in English.

The Institute library holdings total 130,000 units covering subjets in the social sciences.