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Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism Bergen

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 PhD candidate Hege Stein Helland and Professor Marit Skivenes in front of the Department building in Christies gate.
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Adoption as a Child Welfare Measure

NEW REPORT: Adoption provides better living conditions, but is seldom used in the Norwegian child welfare system.
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Centre launches guest researcher program

Researchers are welcome to apply for funding to visit the Centre.
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The Ethics of Medical Data Donation

Postdoc Jenny Krutzinna addresses the state’s obligation to facilitate ethical medical data donation.
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Are children in Norway sufficiently protected?

PUBLICATION: Skivenes and Falch-Eriksen identify possible blind spots in the Norwegian child protection system.
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Children’s rights in Norway

NEW BOOK: Marit Skivenes is co-editor of a book analyzing the status of children’s rights in Norway.
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Literature update #7 2018

LITERATURE OVERVIEW: See our list of articles of interest from November.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie – Individual Fellowships

MOBILITY GRANT: The Centre seeks researchers interested in applying for an MSCA-IF grant.
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Literature update #6 2018

LITERATURE OVERVIEW: See our list of articles of interest from October
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Book on child rights from Head of County Board

BOOK LAUNCH: Marit Skivenes and Karl Harald Søvig will present at the launch of a new book by Geir Kjell […]
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Addressed the Norwegian Minister of Children

NEWS: Marit Skivenes and Katre Luhama presented research findings to the Norwegian Minister of Children and Equality.
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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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Marit Skivenes

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+47 959 24 979
+47 55 58 25 87

E-mail:
Marit.Skivenes@uib.no