Our staff have been engaged in a variety of research projects commissioned by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, the Russian Humanitarian Research Foundation, the Russian Foundation of Fundamental Research, and the Moscow Department of Education. The research interests cover the most challenging pedagogical problems and practical psychology issues.

Our professors are regularly engaged as experts in the State Duma and the Russian Federal Council, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science; they are invited to take part in drafting laws and educational standards.

The Institute is running the Dissertation board on Educational Psychology for PhD and doctoral theses defense.