Research in Christian social practice
Practice is a form of research because ‘data’ is gathered every day and this section provides resources both for understanding practice as research but also for specific approaches to research which are compatible with a diaconal perspective. It also includes evaluation processes and research.
- Practice as research
- Research in practice
- Evaluation and evaluative research
Resources
- EN Practitioner-Researcher – An integrated Approach to Diaconai Practice (PDF – 431 KB)This Handbook integrates practice and research. It highlights the need to focus on practitioners’ competence in research. It is one result of the reflective journey of practitioners who have engaged in education, research, and development processes with interdiac. and related organisations. The Handbook is a co-production of interdiac and ReDi (The International Society for the Research and Study of Diaconia and Christian Social Practice)
- EN Ecclesiology and the Theology of Diaconia and Christian Social Practice – Case Studies from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (PDF – 3 MB)
