Founded on September 26, 2002.
Its principal tasks are:
- research into demographic theory;
- integrated fundamental studies of the causes and effects of the demographic crisis;
- developing principles and methods of socio-demographic analysis and forecasting;
- research into the efficiency of state social policy, raising living standards, elimination of poverty and formation of middle class in the society; reformation of welfare system; development of employment relations and social partnership; gender studies;
- integral analysis of migration processes;
- elaborating methodological fundamentals for estimating and modelling human development and its elements;
- developing methodological basics of multipurpose use of information in analyzing socio-economic and demographic processes;
- studying the reproduction of demographic potential.
Major developments of the Institutite, offered for implementation:
– methods of socio-demographic forecasting and demographic prospects of Ukraine;
– human development of the regions of Ukraine: analysis and forecasts;
– time and space monitoring of demographic situation in Ukraine;
– migrations and their impact on socio-demographic groups of the population of Ukraine;
– living standards of some socio-demographic groups of the population of Ukraine;
– development of socio-demographic policy of Ukraine;
– producing the system of socio-demographic development indices for different regions;
– improving socio-economic mechanisms to facilitate innovative development of Ukraine;
– labour force competitiveness in Ukraine;
– demographic situation in Ukraine in 1987-1989 in the context of current demographic crisis;
– strategic lines of social infrastructure development;
– assessment of the prospects of labour force formation in Ukraine: principles, methodology and practice;
– the populations of Russia and Ukraine: comparative analysis of their present states, trends and prospects of demographic development;
– demographic preconditions of reforming the pension system in Ukraine;
– development of the mechanism to implement innovative components of human development;
– social investments as the strategic choice of Ukraine under demographic crisis;
– social risks in the Ukrainian society and their minimization.