In English

DTS (Diakonian tutkimuksen seura) is a Finnish Association for Research on Diaconia

It is an inter-disciplinary scientific association for promoting high-quality, phenomenon-based research on diaconia.

DTS organizes annually a one-day conference on current topics in diaconia. During the conference the association announces the receiver for the Sivellin award, granted annually for a distinguished thesis on the field of study of diaconia.

For more information please contact the chair of DTS, Dr. Suvi Saarelainen, suvi-maria.saarelainen@uef.fi. In regards of membership matters please contact Ms. Ilona Kontinen, ilona.kontinen@diak.fi.

The association publishes the Journal for the Study of Diaconia, which is a biannually released, peer-reviewed journal. Languages of the journal are Finnish, Swedish and English. For articles in English please see e.g. issues 2/2011 and 3/2015. The latest issue of the Journal for the Study of Diaconia is available here.

For more information please contact editor-in-chief, professor Heikki Hiilamo: heikki.hiilamo(at)helsinki.fi

Technical guidelines for the Journal in Diaconal Research in English can be accessed through the following link: https://journal.fi/dt/about/submissions