The Institute promotes the renewal of Thomistic theology and philosophy, by means of interdisciplinary research, conferences, artistic projects and publications, in dialogue with contemporary culture and from an interdisciplinary perspective.
The Institute promotes interdisciplinary instruction in the Dominican theological tradition on doctoral, master and bachelor levels, by organizing "cours transversaux", doctoral colloquia and study days.
Administered by the Institute, the Pinckaers Archives were created by the Albertinum, the International Dominican Convent in Fribourg to promote and to diffuse the thought and the work of Servais Pinckaers o.p., professor of fundamental moral theology at the University of Fribourg from 1975 to 2000, as well as to help researchers who want to study his work.