As a field of study, dialogue of civilization is an emerging field, multidisciplinary in nature. Dialogue is a concept, a process as well as a mechanism, critically important today as an alternative to violence in the event of conflict, which is bound to take place as technology and globalization force people to deal with one another at a rate and in a degree far greater than has ever taken place in the past, in human history. Dialogue helps to identify what are "agreed" upon and what are not; what areas are important, and what should be done about the matters that are important and that have been agreed upon regarding issues being faced vis-a-vis the environment, the increasing gap between the rich and the poor, violence perpetrated in the name of religion, ethnic clashes, differences between the East, Islam and the West, rampant materialism and dehumanization as a result of a lack of ethical considerations in the development and utilization of science and technology for example.

Dialogue of civilizations allows the drawing upon of common spiritual, cultural and civilisational values, which are valid facts of our existence, to address some of the fundamental issues facing humankind (as mentioned) whilst combining these with scientific facts gathered through all fields of knowledge such as economics, science, sociology medicine, engineering and others.