A) Systematic and continuous research into important national political institutions, especially the parliament, party arena and elections at various levels of the political system. B) Revealing Slovenia's idiosyncrasies seen in how its political institutions and political actors function on the basis of international comparative research into the transition to democracy involving complex political, social and economic variables. At least some of these idiosyncrasies (such as the Slovenian parliament's relatively important role in the European integration process - when compared with many EU member-states and new EU accession states) help define Slovenia's new image in the new supranational political community. C) The international comparative insight into the adaptation of national political institutions (especially the executive and the legislative power) to the demands of "importing" common European policies (policy-taking) and the need for new member-states to participate in the formation of common European policies (policy-making) forms the expert basis for political decisions on the (re)shaping of political institutions in Slovenia as well as (re)defining the relationships between them. D) Application of multivariate methods in Slovenian political science research (research into electoral outcomes, interest groups and political participation) and the employment of new research methodologies in political science research (such as the "Conjoint" analysis of the presidential candidates for the 2002 elections). E) Databases are prepared for social science data archieves and possible future use (longitudinal and international comparisons). F) Informing various publics about the research results and disseminating knowledge on the political science research approaches. G) Development of detailed proposals how to develop the monitoring and evaluation of specific public policies (methodology, indicators) on the basis of related international research into experiences of the most developed European countries. H) Collaboration in the process of forming a special expert community, focusing on research into the parliament's functioning (similar to expert communities seen around other parliaments in developed countries). I) Numerous analyses prepared for specific clients (ministries, other governmental institutions, parliament) and presented to the public. J) Presentation of data gathered by the survey among political science students and alumni to interested chairs at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana and their use in the ongoing reform of political science study programmes.