During the 80s INE PAN was actively engaged in the promotion of independent thinking on economic issues.
It significantly contributed to the success of Polish economic reforms after the collapse of the socialist system in 1989.
During the 1990s the Institute was reorganized and took active part in the analysis and evaluation of free market economic developments in Poland.
INE PAN also runs several postgraduate, MBA and doctoral programs in business and economics.
The following professors served as Directors of the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the past: