CEPR's research is carried out under the auspices of twelve Programme Areas, each with a range of activities, including an annual symposium and research projects:
- Development Economics (DE)
- Economic History (EH)
- Financial Economics (FE)
- Industrial Organization (IO)
- International Macroeconomics and Finance (IMF)
- International Trade and Regional Economics (IT) *
- Labour Economics (LE)
- Macroeconomics and Growth (MG)
- Monetary Economics and Fluctuations (MEF)
- Organizational Economics (OE)
- Political Economy (POE)
- Public Economics (PE)
* The International Trade Programme was renamed International Trade and Regional Economics in January 2008.
CEPR researchers have produced research under the auspices of four other programme areas that are no longer active:
- Institutions and Economic Policy (1 September 2006)
- Transition Economics (succeeded by Institutions and Economic Performance, Jan 1, 2004)
- Applied Macroeconomics (succeeded by Financial Economics and industrial Organization, February 1994)
- Human Resources (succeeded by Labour Economics and Public Policy, November 1998)
- International Macroeconomics (succeeded by Monetary Economics and Fluctuations, Macroeconomics and Growth, and International Macroeconomics and Finance in June 2015)