民族研究所成立于1997年,是根据当时西藏经济社会发展情况,将原民族历史研究所、语言文学研究所(均为1980年成立)和《格萨尔》抢救办公室(1984年成立)合并组建而成,下设《格萨尔》抢救办公室(即西藏自治区《格萨尔》研究中心)。主要从事藏族历史、语言、文学、民俗以及人类学研究,西藏人口较少民族(包括西藏境内门巴、珞巴等其他少数民族)调查与研究,涉藏民族理论与政策研究以及英雄史诗《格萨尔》的抢救、整理和研究等,是西藏社会科学院传统学科研究和传统研究服务现实决策的重要学术交流平台。全所编制14人,现有科研人员9名,其中2名研究员、3名副研究员、4名助理 Founded in 1997, the Institute of Ethnology was founded on the basis of the economic and social development in Tibet at that time. The National Institute of History, the Institute of Linguistics and Literature (both established in 1980) and the Gesar Rescue Office (established in 1984) And into, under the “Gesar” rescue office (ie Tibet Autonomous Region “Gesar” Research Center). Mainly engaged in Tibetan history, language, literature, folklore and anthropological research, Tibet’s smaller population (including Menba, Lhoba and other ethnic minorities in Tibet) investigation and research, Tibetans theory and policy research and heroic epic “Gesar ”Rescue, collation and research, is an important academic exchange platform for the reality decision-making of the traditional disciplinary research and traditional research services of the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences. The entire preparation of 14 people, the existing 9 researchers, of whom 2 researchers, 3 associate professors, 4 assistant