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Program

Trial lecture

Monday 2 September 2024 15:30: Zo Ramiandra Rakotoarison will hold her trial lecture over a topic given to her by the evaluation committee: “A critical discussion on the relation between asset-based and rights-based diakonia, and their limitations and strengths as approaches to community development”.

Public defence

Tuesday 3 September 2024 14:15: Zo Ramiandra Rakotoarison will publicly defend her PhD thesis Faith–based and asset–based congregational diakonia in a Malagasy Lutheran context:a qualitative study of the Use Your Talents project.

If you want to receive a PDF copy of the thesis, please contact christine.lukash@vid.no

Evaluation committee

• Assistant to the Bishop & Director for Evangelical Mission, Dr Carlos Emilio Ham, Florida-Bahamas Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Associate professor Arnhild Leer-Helgesen, University of Agder
• Associate professor Terese Bue Kessel, VID Specialized University

The ordinary opponents are:

• Assistant to the Bishop & Director for Evangelical Mission, Dr Carlos Emilio Ham, Florida-Bahamas Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, as first ordinary opponent
• Associate professor Arnhild Leer-Helgesen, University of Agder, as second ordinary opponent

Associate professor Daniela Lucia Rapisarda will chair the trial lecture and the public defence

Supervisors

• Professor Stephanie Dietrich, VID Specialized University
• Professor Heikki Tuomas Hiilamo, University of Helsinki/VID Specialized University