The Institute for Socio-Economic Studies of Population (ISEPS RAS) was established in 1988 by Nalalia Rimashevskaya to elaborate on the methodology of socio-economic studies of population with the aim of contributing to the improvement of the socio-economic situation in Russia.

The Institute undertakes systematic multidisciplinary studies with a focus on three main research areas:

• socio-economic problems
• social and demographic processes and trends
• principles and mechanisms of social policy

The website includes access to researcher profiles, publications catalogue and full texts, links to subject resources, journal 'Narodonaselenie' contents and paper details.