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Free AccessEditor’s CommentTrygve WyllerTrygve WyllerSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:Oct 2016https://doi.org/10.13109/diac.2016.7.2.124SectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail AboutEditor’s CommentThis issue presents four articles connected to current research in the field of social innovation, both of a general nature and also with a specific view on Christian social practices. Professor Johannes Eurich (Heidelberg), who chaired one important EU-funded project on innovation, coedited the issue. Our thanks for interesting contributions and cooperation.Innovation is important for developing greater flexibility on a structural and systemic level. At the same time, it is necessary to see new ways of constructing a Christian social practice that is oriented toward the other. Therefore, the competence of innovation needs to become part of a diaconia competence, both on a general and on a specific level. And social innovation needs to be researched and interpreted in the field of diaconia and Christian social practice. Innovation is important not only for discovering new methods of production and goods to be sold on the market; innovation is obviously also necessary for increasing the quality of existing institutions. And, not at least, for developing new kinds of practices and project, which provide new strength and creativity in diaconia.Speaking of innovation, this issue may be the last traditionally printed issue of the journal, which does not mean, however, that the journal will cease publication. There are concrete plans to publish it electronically as an open access journal from issue 1/2017 onwards. The board of the journal and the editor need to sort out a number of economic and practical topics related to such a big change. But we do hope to manage it in time. Open access would mean that the journal would be available electronically to everyone. The changeover from printed to electronically open access is part of a general trend in international publishing, the intention being to let all research be democratically open and transparent. These are good values, and the journal is proud to move in this direction. We hope the readers agree. Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Download book coverVolume 7Issue 2October 2016 ISSN: 1869-3261eISSN: 2196-9027HistoryPublished online:October 2016 PDF download