Founded by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology is a state scientific research establishment. The main state-supported goals of the Institute are:

• investigation of the history of philosophic, sociological and legal thought of Lithuania
• investigation of contemporary philosophy and ethics
• sociological research of socio-economic and political development of the society and of the processes of Lithuania's integration into the European Union
• research of the demographic development and population policy in Lithuania

The website contains details of the institutes structure, staff and research trends and also contains information regarding the institutes publications.