Institute of Encyclopaedic Research NASU

NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research is a research institution engaging in encyclopaedistics, settled as a non-profit public organization belonging to the National Academy of Science of Ukraine (NASU).

The Institute’s key project is the national multi-volumed Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (EMU). The preparation, compiling and publishing of the EMU’s next volumes as well as encyclopedia’s online version are now the main focuses of the Institute. In this sense, the role of the Institute is to research and describe Ukraine’s natural and historic heritage, today’s achievements in various fields using the encyclopedia format, as well as to rise awareness and understanding of the national and socio-cultural self-identity of Ukrainians who had long been under the influence of Soviet ideology.