PHD-DVP 901 Diaconia, Values and Professional Practice

The course is open to

• PhD students who are enrolled in one of VID’s PhD programmes. PhD students at VID must register for the course in Studentweb.
• PhD students from other institutions. PhD students from other institutions must apply by clicking on the button «application» below.
• PhD students from other institutions must submit written documentation of their enrolment together with the application. External applicants will receive notification about whether they are admitted to the course within one week from the application deadline. PhD students from other institutions must apply by emailing SDP PHD-support <SDP-PHD-support@vid.no>
• Members of academic staff with an ongoing research project on PhD level with the goal of qualifying for senior lectureship.

If you have questions about admission to the course, please contact Erlend Hovdkinn From, erlend.from@vid.no If you have questions about the academic content of the course, please contact course responsible Anne Austad (anne.austad@vid.no).

Pre-course reading:
It is recommended that participants are familiar with relevant literature and eventually digital presentations before the course starts

Pre-course paper:
Participants are required to submit a written text ahead of the course, approximately 800 words. The text must describe the PhD project of the candidate, reflecting the relation to the course theme. Participants are also required to respond to the text of fellow students and to take part in group discussions.

Deadline for submitting a 800 word abstract is 02.03.2025 (see work requirements).

This course discusses and defines the subject area of the PhD program in “Diaconia, Values and Professional Practice” asresearch field. It presents and connects central theoretical and conceptual approaches to the study of professional practice, including diaconal practice, in health care and social/welfare services in public sector, civil society, churches and other social purpose organisations. A central question is how the understanding of diaconia, values and professional practice can be understood with different disciplinary glasses and how they overlap or are intertwined. Particular attention is given to practitioners’ encounters with increasingly complex life-worlds, knowledge landscapes and value dilemmas from individual, collective and societal perspectives.

The work will consist of a combination of lectures and student activities through discussions, presentations of and responding to PhD projects

This course uses Canvas as the platform for information and lectures.

After the course, the student must submit a written essay of 3.000 words +/- 10 % (ca. 10 pages). The essay should reflect and discuss the candidate’s ongoing PhD project in relation to Diaconia, Values and Professional Practice. Both a satisfactory course attendance (minimum 75 %) and an approved essay are necessary to obtain the 10 ECTS.

Deadline for submission of written paper: TBA, in Inspera Assessment.

You will find more information about Inspera Assessment in the course pages at Canvas.

Reading list: PHD-DVP 901 Diaconia, Values and Professional Practice

You can access most of the literature digitally after enrolment into the course and admission to the course Canvas page.