The CODE research group at VID Specialised University works interdisciplinary and international. Spring 2019 they arranged CODE FORUM in Finland, together with DIAK and Helsinki University, and a number of international partners. The conference focused on practice-research within the field of "diaconal community development", under the theme "Participation and Power: New Paradigms for Diakonia and Community Development". The conference resulted in a joint research application, a research network, and the possibility to edit a thematic number of the international open-access journal DIACONIA. Most articles were written as co-publications of CODE members. You can read the special CODE edition of the DIACONIA Journal here