IMDEA Social Sciences is a research center for the analysis of the social problems of our time. Among other goals, the Institute seeks to create research groups capable of studying social problems from different intellectual perspectives simultaneously; promote the interaction between social scientists and the business community; encourage the youth to do research in the field of social sciences; and attract social scientists now doing research abroad to join our system of science and technology

IMDEA Social Sciences is a member of IMDEA, the Madrid Institutes for Advanced Studies, a network of research centers created by the Autonomous Community of Madrid to transform its system of R & D into a decisive engine of economic growth, social welfare and regional cohesion.