ACSPRI is committed to supporting empirical social science in Australia. It does this through facilitating access to the extensive holdings of survey data maintained by the Australian Data Archive; running Australia's largest program of social science research training; and providing survey research infrastructure and services through Academics Surveys Australia (ASA).
In addition, ACSPRI helps build a community of practice around social science methodology by hosting national (and, in 2012) international conferences on social science methodology. The last ACSPRI conference was held at the University of Sydney in November, 2024.