Goran Bašić je direktor Instituta od 2015. godine. Naučnim radom je počeo da se bavi u Srpskoj akademiji nauka i umetnosti, u Odboru za proučavanje ljudskih i manjinskih prava i Odboru za proučavanje života i običaja Roma čiji je naučni sekretar od 1989. godine.
Član je Komiteta eksperata Saveta Evrope za primenu Okvirne konvencije za zaštitu prava nacionalnih manjina i Upravnog odbora „Srpskog instituta“ u Budimpešti.
Bio je zamenik zaštitnika građana Republike Srbije zadužen za prava nacionalnih manjina i osoba sa invaliditetom. Osnivač je Centra za istraživanje etniciteta i Mreže za interkulturalnost.
Odabrani radovi:
- (with Marijana Pajvančić) Toward policy of integrative multiculturalism in Serbia , Ethnicity Research Center, Belgrade, 2015.
- „Human security and multiculturalism“, in Ivica Đorđević et al. (eds.) Twenty Years of Human Security: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications, University of Belgrade Faculty of Security Studies, Institut Français de Géopolitique Université Paris, 2015.
- „Šta nas stvarno razdvaja? Istraživanje stavova mladih u gradovima Niš, Kikinda i Bor odnosno Priština, Peć i Prizren“, Stanovništvo 52 (2014), 17–35.
- Political action, Roma movement and changes, Čigoja štampa, Beograd, 2010,
- „Poverty and affirmative measures“, in: Tibor Varady and Goran Bašić (eds.) Contributions to the strategy of improving the position of Roma, SASA, Special editions, Book DCLXXIV, The Department of Social Sciences, Book 106, 2014, p. 9–26.
- Multicultural Fair, ERC, 2011.
- „Human rights in political theory and practice“, Law and Policy 2, 1–2 (2009), 85–105.
- „Multiculturalism and civic participation“, Law and Policy 1, 1 (2009), 131–149.
- „Regional cooperation and the policy of multiculturalism in Serbia“, International Studies, Zagreb, 8, 3–4 (2008), 140–158.
- „Policy of multiculturalism – protection or control of ethno-cultural identity“, Philosophy and Society 18 (2007), 167–199.
- Political participation and cultural authonomy of national minorities in Serbia, FES, Belgrade, 2006.
- Temptations of democracy in a multiethnic society, Ethnicity Research Center, Belgrade, 2006
- (sa Božidarom Jakšićem), Umetnost preživljavanja – gde i kako žive Romi u Srbiji, Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd, 2005.
- „Political and legal status of national minorities in Serbia and Montenegro“, in Bašić Goran (ed.) Prospects of multiculturality in Western Balkan states, Ethnicity Research Center, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Belgrade, 2004, p. 37–107.
- The Bosniak in Sanjack, CAA, 2003.
