Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) established Department for Empirical research in 1999. This Department is conducting research on various social and political phenomena in Montenegro, such as: index of democracy, value orientation and ethnic distance, research on discrimination, perception of corruption, media freedoms, etc.

 The Political Public Opinion in Montenegro is particularly noteworthy study, which CEDEM is continuously conducting since 1999, thus enabling comprehensive empirical intersection of the political opinion structure in Montenegro. In addition to testing standard criteria of political opinion (citizens' trust in public institutions, government, political / public figures, political parties, media), the focus of our research is to present current issues of national political life (such as citizens' attitudes towards membership of Montenegro to EU and NATO)