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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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Child Protection in Norway

VIDEO: Professor Marit Skivenes discusses the Norwegian Child Protection System in an international perspective.
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Øyvind S. Tefre Defended his PhD Thesis

PHD: Why is adoption rarely used in Norwegian child protection, but widely used in the United States?
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Trust in the Norwegian Child Protection System

VIDEO: Marit Skivenes in conversation with judge Arnfinn Bårdsen from the European Court of Human Rights.
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Awarded the Peder Sather Grant

NEW PROJECT: Marit Skivenes and Jill D. Berrick are awarded a research grant to study cross-national experiences of foster care […]
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Success for online course

The PhD-course in Systematic Reviews in Social Sciences attracted students from different countries and disciplines.
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Progress towards child-centrism at the ECtHR?

COMMENTARY: Luhamaa and Krutzinna discuss the judgement in “Pedersen et al. v. Norway” and its implications.
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Online Course in Systematic Reviews

NEW COURSE: Free online PhD course in the use of systematic reviews in the social sciences.
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Visiting Scholar Program

NEWS: The Centre will continue the visiting scholar program in 2020-21. The program is now also open for  Norwegian researchers.
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The Child’s Perspective in Court

PUBLIC EVENT: We can do better in protecting the rights of the child in court, experts claim.
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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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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