The Centre for Social Research has been established as
a Department for Social Research of the Kyrgyz National
Academy of Sciences in the 1980s. In 1992 it was registered
as a semi independent research Centre.
The main objectives of the Centre are:
conducting social survey studies on various social,
economic and political issues
analysing social and political situations and studying
the interethnic relations in Central Asian Republics with
focus on Kyrgyzstan
creating a database of social surveys conducted by
the Centre for Social Research and by other research centres
organising and conducting conferences, seminars, workshops
on national, regional and international levels
publishing monographs, research papers, articles, etc.
organising courses of continuing education to enhance professional
skills of teaching cadres, employees in the state instituitions
and commercial structures
organising training and re-training programmes overseas as well as inviting foreign specialists, establishing
joint research projects with foreign research centres
running courses on Kyrgyz, Russian and foreign languages
