We need fresh thinking in order to address sustainability issues in a comprehensive way. The next generation of global development goals will probably incorporate culture and identity issues to a larger extent than the current SDGs. We need approaches [...]

The Middle East remains a rich territory at the crossroad of diverse cultures, languages, religions and peoples. At the heart of this region, the Persian Gulf is a hotbed of millennial tensions where the various regional and international players overlap. [...]

On 1 July 2019, Tomsk State University, in cooperation with the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, will hold the ‘Conditions for interreligious dialogue: Participant specifics or objective factors’ roundtable. The possibilities and methods of intercultural interaction are constantly on the [...]

On July 1st, 2019 Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute jointly with Center for Development of Humanistic Ecology and Culture convene a seminar “The Development of Artificial Intelligence: Value Based Approach and Civilizational Features” in the frames of “Digital Transformations of [...]

The International Scientific Conference "One Problem - Three Dimensions" will be held from 28 to 29 June in Nizhny Novgorod. The purpose of the conference is to unite the efforts of Americanists, Europeanists and Orientalists in the consideration of current [...]

The Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute (DOC), an independent international think tank based in Berlin, is organising the symposium ‘Islam-Europe: Overcoming differences and sharing paths’ under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia and in partnership with the [...]

The Asia Pacific region is highly dynamic and interwoven, with changing power relations, strong economic links between the countries and numerous challenges that affect the whole region. India’s growing economic and political stature makes it well positioned to play a [...]

Join DOC in Berlin to hear renowned elite researcher Michael Hartmann discuss his recent book: 'Die Abgehobenen - Wie die Eliten die Demokratie gefährden' The elites are eroding democracy, says elite researcher Michael Hartmann. The elites are becoming more and [...]

On the occasion of the UNESCO World Day for Intercultural Dialogue, the Festival of Cultures will take place for the twelfth time in a row on Thursday, June 6 from 4 pm. to 10 pm. With free admission, 25 nations [...]

On 28 May 2019, the Moscow office of the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute will host the ‘Multiple Vectors of Central Asia: Uzbekistan’s Case’ roundtable. The meeting will be the fourth in a series devoted to analysis of the foreign [...]