Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak)
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak) is a people-oriented university specialised in the fields of social work, health care, diaconia and interpreting. Our work helps people who experience inequality, poverty, loneliness and social exclusion. All our social innovations are inspired by human beings. We are experts on humanity driven by the ambition to build a more equitable world for everyone. Through our fruitful development work, we aim to make the world a good place for everyone. We believe in people.
Our focus is on tackling inequalities and strengthening social sustainability as a solution to social problems. Our higher education and RDI activities are at the heart of these solutions.
We strive to create a world that is good for everyone. We seek, do and see good, and nurture helpers who want to build a sustainable and equal world. The values of our strategy - bold renewal, standing up for goodness and honest encounters- guide our actions towards our goals. Social sustainability is an important part of the broader concept of sustainable development. Our impact goal is to break the cycle of inequality in Finland.
Our strategy focuses on improving the well-being of the most vulnerable people. Our mission is to identify those population groups living in accumulated and over-generated deprivation. In addition, identifying regional disparities in well-being and health is also an essential part of our work.
1. Equal and inclusive higher education
2. Impact competencies
3. A socially sustainable society"
Contact Us
Varpu Wiens (varpu.wiens@diak.fi)
Specialist
Doctor of Health Science
Annukka Armanto (annukka.armanto@diak.fi)
Senior Advisor, Education
Master of Health Science
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Metropolia is the largest University of Applied Sciences in Finland with a degree programme offering in four educational fields: Business, Culture, Health Care and Social Services, and Technology.
We are a community of over 18 000 students, 1000 staff members, with 1500 foreign degree students from over 100 nationalities. Our alumni network consists of 50,000 alumni working both in private and public sectors. Metropolia’s four modern campuses are located in the vibrant capital region of Helsinki.
Metropolia's three innovation hubs (Futureproof Health and Wellbeing, Clean and Sustainable Solutions and Smart and Creative City) enable a new way of learning, producing solutions and cross-sector collaboration for the benefit of society as a whole.
The vision of the Future Proof Health and Wellbeing innovation hub is to be a nationwide developer and forerunner in the field of health care and social services. We develop, concept and test new customer-oriented services, products as well as business experiments and pilots.
This innovation hub brings together actors from different fields and sectors - companies, research institutes, cities, organizations, residents of the area as well as Metropolia’s students, teachers and other experts - to learn and study together and to experiment and create solutions to accelerate the development of the field of health care and social services. We operate in an ecosystem based on the principles of partnership, reciprocity, transparency and trust.
At the core of our innovation hub’s operations are
Contact:
Innovation Director
Minna Elomaa-Krapu
minna.elomaa-krapu@metropolia.fi
Tel. +358 50 532 6331