The Institute of Social Sciences Research includes scholars of excellence from the
Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and the
CONICET. Founded under the format of the international institutes of advanced studies, the mission of the IICS is to develop high quality interdisciplinary research and to serve as a framework of interaction between senior and junior scholars. The fields of research of the IICS, based on the
social sciences and the
humanities, are varied, although are very important the research on
poverty and inclusion,
archaeology of Northwest Argentina, and the history of the
ancient East (
Egyptology and
Bible studies). As a university institute, the IICS shares researchers and projects with similar centers and projects of the
Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, such as the
CEHAO. The researchers of the institute frequently appear in the national public news media, especially in newspapers and television. == Directors ==