Based on the objectives of the Institute, its activities include:

• study of sociodemographic and family policy;
• exploring the main trends for sociodemographic developments and demographic forecasts;
• exploring the social, economic and demographic issues of migration and resettlement;
• education and social problems related to it;
• the study of the characteristics of socialization, social identity and social-cultural values;
• exploring issues of social and cultural development;
• participation in formulating methodological issues for population assessment;
• involvement in the drafting of legislative and normative acts for demographic policies;
• exploring social and spatial issues;
• formulation of appropriate measures for raising the level of demographic education of the public and promoting their implementation;
• exploring the social and demographic issues of providing employment for the population;
• study of issues of social and family transformation;
• exploration of sociological problems of the family;
• long-term analysis, social, demographic and population dynamics (fertility, marriage, migration, mortality and stratification, social mobility, social welfare);
• family structures and family processes (family formation, divorce, repartnering and co-parenting, and marriage-like relationships;
• youth, employment, unemployment and poverty;
• organization of symposiums, seminars and scientific conferences;
• field and periodical publications (magazines, books, etc.);
• exploration of deviant behaviors in society and professional counseling;
• spatial planning and sustainable development;