IRCrES, the Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth of the National Research Council of Italy, was established on October 21^st 2014 through the merger of CERIS and the ISEM UOSs of Turin and Genoa. More on the evolution of the Institute’s organization here.

The mission of IRCRES is to carry out research and development on three main thematic areas, namely: Evolution of the Italian and European industrial system; Organization and sustainability of the large systems of contemporary societies; Socio-economic analysis of environment.  Also, IRCRES statute indicates two main horizontal research areas dealing with Innovation (technological innovation and social innovation) and Evaluation of public policies (including research evaluation).

IRCRES is characterized by a high level of interdisciplinarity between economic, political, social sciences and humanites and by strict linkages with external environments as academia, policy makers and economic actors. Researchers are strongly committed to research dissemination and public participation in order to improve the impact on society.

IRCrES is part of the Department for human and social sciences and cultural heritage of the CNR.