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Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism Bergen

Author: DIPA Centre

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How Different Countries Protect Children: A Study on What People Think about Child Protection Systems 

Have you ever wondered how different countries’ governments take care of children and support families, and how do people in […]
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Protecting Kids: What people in eight countries think about parental freedoms

What happens when the state has to step in, and help kids whose parents are struggling? What do people think […]
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Join Us: Professors Jill D. Berrick and Marit Skivenes at the Inequality Talks 

We are excited to announce that our professors, Marit Skivenes, Director of Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) […]
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A Tale of Two Cases: Understanding Child Welfare Decisions 

Sometimes child protection services make very different decisions on protecting children, even in seemingly similar situations. But why does this […]
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Understanding Children’s Role in Child Protection: What Research Reveals 

Have you ever wondered how children can have a say in big decisions that affect their life? How are kids’ […]
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Making Sure Kids Get Heard: A Study on Children’s Rights  

In a recent study called “Reconciling Children’s Best Interests and Right to be Heard”, DIPA’s researcher Hege Beate Stein Helland […]
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Blogpost: About to do research with children? Here are some questions to ask yourself 

BLOG: Reflexivity is key throughout the research process. Here are some questions to get started.  Blogpost by: Dr. Francesca Vaghi, […]
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Breakfast-seminar: Practical law in child welfare studies- experience from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences 

Our “Breakfast Seminar for practitioners” (Barnevernfrokost) is a video seminar which aims to communicate important research to professionals and students […]
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Blogpost: Building child rights-based anti-racist competencies in the Finnish social field

BLOG: Finland is becoming increasingly diverse. But is the Finnish social field equipped to meet children of diverse backgrounds? Blogpost […]
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What do we know about children’s representation in child protection decisions? 

NEW ARTICLE: PhD Fellow Frøydis Lønborg Haarberg published a scoping review on children’s representation in child protection decisions in the […]
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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