The Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC) is an organisation of national social science research councils, academies, and institutes committed to the promotion of regional cooperation in the field of social sciences among Asia-Pacific countries.
Set up in 1973 to help promote the social sciences in the region and to create an Asian identity for the social sciences, AASSREC seeks to promote: collaborative research among scholars in the region; the exchange of scholarly publications and information among Asian social science institutions and individuals; and exchange visits among researchers and scholars from its member-countries.