Dear Collegees!

Globalistics in its modern state, having accumulated enormous scientific data during its 40-year existence, requires to be systematized and catalogued. A considerable part of the work has already been done by an international group of experts who have created two truly fundamental sources of reference materials: Encyclopedia «Globalistics» and Encyclopedic Dictionary of Globalistics.

The next step consists in an attempt to collect and categorize data on specialized scientific publications on globalistics and their authors, periodicals on the issue, as well as information on the organizations dealing with the problems of globalistics. The existence of such database will considerably improve the capabilities in fostering interdisciplinary research with broad international support. It will also allow for effective cooperation between scientists, politicians and public figures from different countries by providing a deeper theoretical understanding of global problems. Moreover, it will help to solve modern global problems by providing a medium for mutual exchange of ideas, propositions to alter existing governing institutions, preparation of legal guidelines and mechanisms to transform them into legal acts.

Therefore the Russian Philosophic Society, the Scientific Corporation «Intellectual Systems» and the Faculty of Global Studies of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have set up the project «Who is who and what is what in globalistics» aimed at creating the most comprehensive database on:

• scientists who have contributed to the development of globalistics, specialists in the area;
• organisations, institutions, centers, faculties and departments specifically focused on global processes and problems;
• periodicals dealing with global issues;
• conferences, congresses, forums etc;

It is possible, desirable and promising to use the project’s Internet portal as a medium for the following activities:

• analysis and discussion of global processes and events online;
• interdisciplinary and international communication;
• maintaining personal blogs by scientists and specialists.