CNR-IRPPS (www.irpps.cnr.it) - Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies –. IRPPS is an interdisciplinary research Institute of CNR – the Italian National Research Council - that conducts studies on demographic and migration issues, welfare systems and social policies, on policies regarding science, technology and higher education, on the relations between science and society, as well as on the creation of, access to and dissemination of knowledge and information technology.