For partners & developers
Inclusive diversity competence
At Diak, we support individuals, professionals, and workplaces in embracing and strengthening diversity. We develop inclusive services and improve access to education and employment for minorities, helping everyone feel part of society.
Holistic diaconia
Diaconia supports vulnerable individuals and promotes equality, social peace, and environmental wellbeing. It is rooted in dialogue, compassion, and radical love—a courageous commitment to human dignity and wellbeing.
Social Innovations
A social innovation is a new idea, service, or model that improves quality of life, reduces inequality, and addresses societal challenges. Diak researches, develops, evaluates, and educates on social innovations to solve complex societal problems.
Impactful health and welfare services
Diak builds impactful, sustainable, and human-centered welfare systems through research, education, and innovation. We develop data and evidence-based decision-making in the social and healthcare sector to ensure resources are used effectively and services are preventive, sustainable, and truly human-centered.
Partnership possibilities
Diak is an experienced, bold and experimental project partner, ready to explore new frontiers. Each year we carry out dozens of R&D projects as a project administrator or in collaboration with our partners with external funding.
Diak’s expert services
We offer expert services and development solutions that combine research-based knowledge, customer-oriented service design, and human-centered expertise. Our goal is to create impactful and sustainable change that responds to the needs of clients, working life, and society. Read more and get in touch with us!
Publications
Diak publications are grouped into four series: Diak Teaches, Diak Speaks, Diak Research, and Diak and Working Life. Dialogi is the online medium of Diaconia University of Applied Sciences. It features thought-provoking articles and blogs and commentaries on current topics. At the moment it is only available in Finnish.
Open science
Diak’s RDI activities are underpinned by the principles of open science and research and the guidelines of the Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity on responsible conduct of research and procedures for handling allegations of misconduct.