Activities
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (ICCR) is an independent, international, non-profit research institute specialized in strategic policy analysis. For its research work, the ICCR employs applied, multi-disciplinary and comparative approaches, with Europe defining the geographical scope. Based in Vienna, Austria, at the crossroads between West and East, its scope of activities covers the whole of Europe.
The ICCR was founded in 1986 with the aim of designing and promoting interdisciplinary and transnational research based on a clear comparative methodology, an interdisciplinary academic network, a flexibleorganizational structure and a multidisciplinary, skilled, international, standing staff of researchers.
Research Programme
With its research programme the ICCR addresses areas it is convinced are relevant for European development. These four areas are: