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European Social Fund Plus
SIM organisation2024-04-05

Diaconia University of Applied Sciences

Level of action
Regional
Countries
Finland
Region
Helsinki-Uusimaa
Contact details
Reija Paananen - email: reija.paananen@diak.fi
Organisation website
Theme of the organization
Equal access to social services
Type of organization
Higher/secondary education inst.
Offering
We are currently looking for international collaborators in our R&D programmes to joint actions e.g. R&D projects, transferring and upscaling the existing innovations and mutual learning.
Looking for
Diak is an applied university offering BA and MA degree studies in social services, health care, diaconia and education, interpreting.​We offer programmes in Finnish and in English. Our operating models enable flexible blended learning that is not time or place-bound.
In addition, we are an innovative actor in the R&D field with 2 strategic R&D Programmes: Diaconia and diversity and Social innovations and impactful welfare services. In these strategic R&D programmes we aim to generate research data and solutions which support:
-diaconia and equality and equity by innovating new and existing solutions, researching ethical issues and impact, and through multi-channel advocacy and networks.​
-solutions on how to build effective, responsible, and human-centred social and health services and the service system.

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