东京大学社会科学研究所（ISS)成立于1946年，通过促进基于系统数据收集的实证社会科学和进行高学术水平的比较研究。ISS工作人员的专业领域涵盖法学、政治学、经济学和社会学四个学术领域，研究地区包括东亚、欧洲和美洲。

社会科学研究所的使命是利用历史和比较的观点进行实证研究，并利用学术基础的跨学科和国际性，为社会科学对日本和世界的理解做出贡献。

ISS为研究者提供讲座和研讨会，在研究生院和本科生学校从事教育活动。研究所的三大目标分别是：推进包括全院共同研究项目在内的多项共同研究，为以数据档案为中心的实证社会科学研究奠定基础，成为日本社会科学研究的国际枢纽。

The Institute of Social Sciences (ISS) of the University of Tokyo was founded in 1946 to promote empirical social science based on systematic data collection and conduct comparative research at a high academic level. ISS staff specialize in four academic fields: law, political science, economics and sociology, and research areas include East Asia, Europe and the Americas.

The Institute's mission is to contribute to the social sciences' understanding of Japan and the world by conducting empirical research using historical and comparative perspectives, and by leveraging the interdisciplinary and international nature of the academic base.

ISS offers lectures and seminars to researchers and conducts educational activities in graduate and undergraduate schools. The three main goals of the Institute are to promote joint research including institution-wide joint research projects, to lay the foundation for empirical social science research centered on data archives, and to become an international hub for social science research in Japan.