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Professor Marit Skivenes to Address Legal Security for Children in Foster Care at the Annual Fosterhjemskonferansen 

On Monday, September 16th, Dr. Marit Skivenes, director of the Centre for Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) and Professor at the […]
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Breakfast-seminar: TikTok Social Workers revolutionizing child protection 

Our “Breakfast Seminar for practitioners” (Barnevernfrokost) is a video seminar which aims to communicate important research and projects to professionals […]
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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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RDV-seminar: Regulating Judges in a Modern Democracy: Insights from Canada 

Video: Professor Richard Devlin and Professor Sheila Wildeman from the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Canada, delivered a thought-provoking […]
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RDV-seminar: The role of perceptions and attitudes of public officials 

Video: Research Professor Steven Van de Walle from the KU Leuven, Belgium, delivered an insightful presentation titled The role of […]
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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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RDV-seminar: Exploring the intersection of food and family intervention policies in England: how are children included? 

Video: Our guest researcher Francesca Vaghi (PhD) delivered an insightful presentation titled Exploring the intersection of food and family intervention […]
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Breakfast-seminar: Helping parents after a care order – how the family counselling service is a supplement to the child protection system’s follow-up responsibility

Our “Breakfast Seminar for practitioners” (Barnevernfrokost) is a video seminar which aims to communicate important research to professionals and students […]
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Participation Workshop 

On Thursday 7th of March and Friday 8th of March 2024, the Centre for Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) hosted the […]
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RDV-seminar: Child Protection Case Law from Constitutional Courts: A Comparative Survey

Video: Professor Conor O’Mahoney gave a presentation titled Child Protection Case Law from Constitutional Courts: A Comparative Survey, followed by […]
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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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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