Understanding Practice as Research: 6th International Diaconia Webinar

November 22nd, 2024,  9.00–12.00 (CET) / 10.00–13.00 (EET)

Welcome to join us in mutual learning and discussions which will explore at depth how research can be embedded in and contribute to the everyday practice of diaconal workers.

In the international diaconia webinar series we are exploring how everyday diaconal practice with people may become a space of dynamic inquiry which is supportive of innovative change with people.

The webinar will introduce the forthcoming interdiac publication ‘Practitioner-Researcher’, which invites workers to broaden and deepen their understanding of everyday diaconal practice with people as a form of research. It aims to support grass-root practitioners in developing their practice as research. This publication will be co-published by the Academy for Diaconia and Christian Social Action in Central and Eastern Europe (interdiac) and the International Society for the Research and Study of Diaconia and Christian Social Practice (ReDi). It will be available in January 2025.

The webinar will present diaconal practice as research through a keynote input and then share examples from grass-root diaconal practitioners of the ways in which research can enrich practice with people. There will be space for mutual learning in group work and for discussions with webinar speakers.

The organisers invite practitioners, researchers, students, and others interested in the field to join the webinar. It will be in English.

The Zoom link for the event is:
https://diak-fi.zoom.us/j/62098179984?pwd=craNTnzCa2aTPz2T9j2ibHqAkW7bNe.1
Passcode: 082792

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For more information, or to get the publication in January please get in touch with Oksana Prosvirnina, Programme Leader in the International Academy for Christian and Social Action, Central and Eastern Europe. Email: seniorlecturerop@interdiac.eu

The webinar programme is an activity of the CODE Forum and is jointly organised by the Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak) and the Finnish Church Council (Finland), VID Specialized University (Norway), the Protestant Theological University (The Netherlands) and the International Academy for Christian and Social Action in Eastern and Central Europe (interdiac).

Presentations from the previous webinars are available for you on request. Please, contact Ville Päivänsalo at Ville.Paivansalo@diak.fi for access details.