What is Dialogi?

Dialogi is the online media outlet of Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak). It promotes a socially sustainable society by highlighting approaches, people and solutions that contribute to breaking the cycle of inequality. Dialogi provides timely and impactful content that brings together humanity, expertise and hope. It strengthens diversity and dialogue within public debate.

Dialogi is an online magazine that supports Diak’s advocacy work and RDI priorities:

Equality benefits society as a whole
Everyone has the right to a good life and human dignity
Social innovations enable wellbeing
A social and health care system that functions well is human-centred and efficient

Dialogi sheds light on societal shortcomings and offers solutions that promote equality, wellbeing, health and social sustainability. It provides readers with new perspectives and research-based knowledge that enrich public discussion. Dialogi also makes Diak’s expertise visible, as well as the outcomes of its education and RDI activities.

Dialogi publishes content on current phenomena and people, opinion pieces, expert blogs and articles. Contributions are written by Diak’s experts, students and representatives of partner organisations.

Publication principles of Dialogi

The publisher and provider of content for the Dialogi online media outlet is Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak). The Dialogi editorial team is responsible for all published content.

Other websites may link to content published in Dialogi. A writer or content creator participating in a research, development or innovation project may copy a text or other material to the project’s website, provided that this is agreed separately and that the original publication source is clearly stated. Excerpts of articles may be quoted on other websites on the condition that the source is acknowledged. Dialogi articles may also be self-archived in discipline-specific or institutional repositories. Diaconia University of Applied Sciences retains the rights to all images and graphic material, and they may not be used elsewhere without permission.

Diaconia University of Applied Sciences has the right to use content published in Dialogi for communications, marketing and publishing purposes across all platforms and services. Content may be shared with third parties for these purposes, provided that copyright is not infringed. Authors may, if they wish, withhold permission for their text to be redistributed.

By submitting a text to the editorial team, the writer or other content creator grants Dialogi permission to publish the material uploaded to the system.

The writer is responsible for copyright and for ensuring that any third‑party material used in the content complies with copyright legislation. The writer must ensure that the material does not contain third‑party content whose rights would be violated by publication. Copyright remains valid even if no copyright notice is displayed on the page.