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Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism Bergen

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Blogpost: Anger and Anxiety About Child Protection

BLOG: The role of emotions in child protection are understudied and underemphasized.
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Services to Vulnerable Families

ARTICLE: Study of services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations in eight European jurisdictions.
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Blogpost: Saving Democracy

BLOG: What can child welfare research teach us about saving democracy?
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Breakfast-seminar: Adoption as a Child Welfare Measure

VIDEO: Hege Stein Helland presenting findings from research on adoption from care without parental consent (in Norwegian).
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Are Children Heard in the Child Protection System?

NEW PROJECT: The Centre has received funding to conduct a groundbreaking study of children’s participation.
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Strategy for Children at Risk

BARNUNGE21: Three young researchers from the Centre held key roles in the process towards a national strategy for children at risk.
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Decisions on Adoption from Care

VIDEO: PhD Candidate Hege Helland explains how decision-makers exercise discretion in adoption cases.
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Reporting Corporal Punishment

NEW ARTICLE: Study of population attitudes towards corporal punishment in five European countries.
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Breakfast-seminar: Family Life for Children

VIDEO: Jenny Krutzinna presenting findings from research on judgements from the European Court of Human Rights.
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Breakfast-seminar: Removals of Newborn Babies

VIDEO: Ida B. Juhasz presenting findings from her research on newborn removals (in Norwegian).
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About us

Research Centre at the University of Bergen. We study government’s use of power towards its citizens, and justifications thereof. Focus on children's rights and child protection.

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Christies gate 17

5007 Bergen

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University of Bergen

Department of Government
C/O Marit Skivenes

P.O: 7802, 5020 Bergen
Norway

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Principal Investigator

Marit Skivenes

Phone:
+47 959 24 979
+47 55 58 25 87

E-mail:
Marit.Skivenes@uib.no