- To fulfill the teaching and research needs of the Department of Sociology of the School of Social Sciences of the University of the Aegean, as well as other departments of the Institution, at the undergraduate and graduate levels, on topics that fall within the scope of the laboratory's activities.
- To support lifelong learning programs organized by the University of the Aegean or other organizations on topics related to the teaching and research subjects of the Laboratory.
- To organize self-funded educational programs for social scientists in its areas of research.
- To conduct research (design, collection, analysis) and documentation of quantitative and qualitative data in specific fields of study.
- To support doctoral and postdoctoral research in related scientific fields.
- To attract funded research from national and international sources in scientific fields of activity of the Laboratory or specific fields of expertise of its members.
- To promote teaching and research collaborations with research centers and academic institutions in Greece and abroad.
- To collaborate with broader public sector agencies, local government agencies, scientific, social, and professional agencies, international institutions or organizations, as well as productive entities in the private sector in related research and scientific fields.
- To organize scientific lectures, workshops, seminars, symposiums, conferences, and other scientific events.
- To provide services as provided for in Presidential Decree 159/1984 (A' 53).
- To provide and disseminate modern educational and research material such as the publication of articles, journals, books, and collective volumes in printed and/or electronic form.
