It is based at the Getafe campus of Carlos III University in the south of the Madrid metropolitan area.
[2] The Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones is devoted to research in social science with a focus on political economy, voting and party competition.
[3] The main lines of research are the study of the social structure and processes of change in advanced contemporary societies, their political and economic systems and cultural and historical roots.
Both teaching and research in the institute are orientated towards methodological issues and comparative approaches in the social sciences.
The institute's scientific committee[4] is responsible for the supervision of students' research assisting the Instituto Juan March in the definition of the center's academic and research policy, and advising on the development of the teaching curriculum and the library's holdings and services.