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Breakfast-seminar: Improving Danish child protection

VIDEO: Judge, Karina Rohrberg Jessen, gives a presentation about the development of new Danish legislation, aiming to provide earlier and […]
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How are adoptions from care justified?

PUBLIC DEFENCE: Our very own Hege Stein Helland expertly defended her dissertation “Discretion and the Demand for Reasons: Justifications for […]
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Justifying care order decisions in cases of violence

NEW ARTICLE: Audun Løvlie and Marit Skivenes examines the Norwegian County Social Welfare Board’s care order justifications in cases where […]
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Breakfast-seminar: Child Interviews and the Use of Interactive Avatars

VIDEO: Associate Professor, Gunn Astrid Baugerud, gives a presentation about a new interdisciplinary research project that looks at how digital […]
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Child Protection – Will We Ever Get It Right?

LECTURE: DIPA Director, Professor Marit Skivenes, presented ongoing research on international child protection at the University of Bergen’s 75th Anniversary. […]
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In the Best Interest of the Child?

NEW ARTICLE: Researcher at DIPA, Hege Stein Helland, studies the justification and rationality behind adoption from care decisions in the […]
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Breakfast-seminar: Conflict Management and Communication in Child Protection

VIDEO: Camilla Bernt gives a presentation about affected parties’ access to conversation and negotiation processes in care order cases at […]
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Breakfast-seminar: How do Children and Parents Experience Child Protection Proceedings?

VIDEO: Stefan Schnurr gives a presentation about an interim report and ongoing research on childrens’ and parents’ experiences.
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Sharing New Research from the Centre at EuSARF 2021 Conference

The European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF) organized its 16th Conference on September […]
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Child Rights in Focus

As co-hosts for the Bergen Exchanges 2021, DIPA organized a series of events on the rights of children and child […]
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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

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Marit.Skivenes@uib.no