The IDI is generally portrayed as the leftist counterweight to the Kohelet Policy Forum.

[2] In November 2022, the IDI began a public campaign about the Israeli judicial reform.

Karnit Flug, the institute's vice president of research, was one of the first authoritative voices warning about the reform's potential impact on the Israeli economy.

[2] It aims to bolster the values and institutions of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.

In 2018, their vice president of research Yuval Shany was chosen to head the United Nations Human Rights Committee.