Elena Belan - PhD in Psychology (Candidate of Sciences), Associate Professor, the chief of the Laboratory of psychology of the person`s activity, Associate Professor of the Department of pedagogy and psychology of the faculty of pedagogy, psychology and communication studies at Kuban state university (Krasnodar, Russia), the author of more than 130 scientific, methodical and educational works on the issues of psychology of the person`s activity, psychology of the situation, controlled and adaptive behavior. Since 2007 she is a corresponding member of the International academy of psychological sciences and the scientific editor of the proceedings of the annual All-Russia scientific and practical conference ‘Philosophy and psychology of the person`s activity’. The sphere of scientific interest includes methodology and history of psychology, personality psychology, and psychology of the situation.

Elena Matveeva – PhD in Politics (Doctor of Sciences), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of political sciences of the faculty of political sciences and sociology at Kemerovo State University (Kemerovo, Russia), the author of more than 60 publications on the issues of globalization, social movements and political parties. The sphere of scientific interest includes history of political doctrines, political sociology, social movements and non-governmental sector, ecological movement and ecological policy, political parties in contemporary Russia.

Konstantin Cherkasov – PhD in Law (Doctor of Sciences), Professor, head of the Department of administrative, financial and information law of Nizhniy Novgorod Management Institute – the branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, independent expert authoritative to assess the corruption level (since 2009), winner of the competition ‘The best young scientist of the Volga Federal District - 2011’ (Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia), the author of more than 180 scientific, educational and methodical works on the issues of constitutional and administrative law. The sphere of scientific interest is concentrated on the questions of public administration in Russia.

Oleg Nikiforov – PhD in History (Doctor of Sciences), Associate Professor, head of the Department of management, marketing and commerce at Omsk State Transport University (Omsk, Russia), the author of more than 87 published scientific and 18 educational and methodical works devoted to the history of modern Russian business and Russian-business-education issues, general problems of economic theory, methodology of teaching economic disciplines. The sphere of scientific interest includes economic history, economic theory, management of small business, the history of art of the period.

Olga Kaurova – PhD in economy (Doctor of Science), Associate Professor, head of the Department ‘Accounting and taxation’ at the Russian state university of tourism and service (Moscow, Russia), the author of more than 70 publications. The sphere of scientific interest is concentrated on the issues of accounting, analysis, audit and tax in service industry, tourism and hospitality industry.

Olga Nikitina – PhD in economy (Doctor of Sciences), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of economy and management in tourism and hospitality of the faculty of tourism and hospitality at Saint Petersburg state university of engineering and economics (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), the author of more than 100 publications on the issues of regional and sector economy (health resort, tourism and hospitality). The sphere of scientific interest is concentrated on the study of the problems of the economy and management of Health resort and tourist and recreational complexes in the region.

Sergey Shitov – PhD in Philosophy (Doctor of Sciences), Associate Professor of the Department of philosophy of the faculty of economy and management at Moscow State Technological University ‘Stankin’ (Moscow, Russia), the author of more than 50 publications on the issues of social philosophy and philosophy of education. The sphere of scientific interest is connected with the social and philosophical aspect of educational development in present-day conditions.

Valentina Komarova – PhD in Law (Doctor of Sciences), Professor of the Department of constitutional and municipal law of Russia at Moscow State Academy of Law named after O.E. Kutafin, member of the expert and consulting council at the Committee of the Russian Federation Council on law and judicial matters, editorial board member of the monthly information and analytical edition scientific and law journal ‘Education and law’; ‘Law and the state: theory and practice’, quarterly scientific and information journal  ‘Economy and law. XXI century’, member of dissertation councils for the defense of doctorate and candidate thesis works, scientific advisor of Master and PhD students, post-docs (Moscow, Russia), the author of more than 160 publications on the issues of the constitutional and municipal right, referendum right, forms of direct democracy, constitutional rule of law; editor-in-chief and author of scientific and practical commentaries to the current Russian legislation. The sphere of scientific interest is concentrated on the issues of people power in the Russian Federation, including institutions of public power, at all levels of power relations; legal status of the person and citizen, issues of federalism and administrative-territorial structure.

Valeriy Lyubimov – PhD in biology (Doctor of Sciences), Professor, head of the Department of ecology and rational environmental management at Bryansk state university named after the academician I.G. Petrovskiy (Bryansk, Russia), the author of more than 180 publications. The sphere of scientific interest: ecology and introduction of plants.