The International Society for Research and Study of Diaconia and Christian Social Practice (ReDi) and VID specialised University will be hosting the 8th ReDi Conference under the theme “Diakonia as Gamechanger”. The development of society on both global and local level is increasingly described in terms of crisis. Climate change is becoming more perceptible and…
Our institutional member Eurodiaconia, a Brussels-based federation of 51 social and health care service providers in Europe is looking for project partners. Recently, the European Commission has published a call for proposals under the research programme Horizon2020 called “Addressing Radicalisation through Social Inclusion” with the application deadline in March 2020. Eurodiaconia works on this…
ReDi is both happy and sad to announce that our board member Prof. Dr. Beate Hofmann is leaving the executive board of the association representing the Institute for Diaconic Science and Management (IDM), Germany. She has recently been elected to become the first female Bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck (Germany). The executive board…
The 8th International ReDi Conference will take place on 16-18 September 2020 in Oslo, Norway. It will be hosted by VID Specialized University and focus on the theme of “Organising and leading service in contexts of change and diversity. Diaconal perspectives on innovation”. The Call for Sessions will come up during September 2019 and…
At its annual conference on 1 June 2019 in Greiswald (Germany) the “Netzwerk Diakoniewissenschaft” (German Network of Diaconal Sciences) voted to join ReDi as a regional network. It is the first network to join the association formally. The decision builds on the close relations within the already existing network with the aim to further increase…
Eurodiaconia is a dynamic, Europe wide community of organisations founded in the Christian faith and working in the tradition of Diaconia, who are committed to a Europe of solidarity, equality and justice. As the leading network of Diaconia in Europe, Eurodiaconia connects organisations, institutions and churches providing social and health services and education on a…
The upcoming special edition of Diaconia – Journal for the Study of Christian Social Practice aims to focus on the theory and practice of diaconal community development. Articles are welcome which explore this emerging field from various perspectives, including studies of specific initiatives, empirical, theological and contextual studies in relation to the field as well…
Professor emeritus in the Sociology of Religion Anders Bäckström (Uppsala University) has founded a fund to support research on Diaconia, Christian social practice, welfare and religion, and in particular young researchers in this field. The Anders Bäckström Fund is placed at Diakonhjemmet foundation in Oslo/Norway. The board of the Anders Bäckström Fund announces this…
The Institute for Diaconic Science and Management in Bielefeld, Germany invites PhD students to participate in the second international conference for PhD students in diaconic science, which will take place from 11-12 October 2019 at the Institute for the Study of Diaconia (Diakoniewissenschaftliches Institut/DWI) at Heidelberg University (programme below). In different European countries universities…
The School of Theology (University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu) plans the next international and ecumenical conference on patristic understandings of diakonia. It is the fourth edition of such a conference. The topic is ‘What did deacons do?’. Our purpose is to continue the work that has already begun with a symposium in the fall of…