Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Schools Relations with: The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Latin: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum Socialium, or PASS) is a pontifical academy established on 1 January 1994 by Pope John Paul II and is headquartered in the Casina Pio IV in Vatican City.

It operates much like other learned societies worldwide, but has the special task of entering into dialogue with the Church.

Through appropriate dialogue it offers the Roman Catholic Church elements useful to the development of its social teaching, and it reflects on the application of that doctrine in contemporary society.

PASS, which is autonomous, maintains a close relationship with the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

In April 2014, Pope Francis appointed British sociologist Margaret Archer to the post.