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Child protection system matters for public opinion on state interventions

NEW ARTICLE: Dr. Hege Stein Helland (UiB), PhD-candidate Siri Hansen Pedersen (UiB) and Professor Marit Skivenes (UiB) examine people’s perspectives […]
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Determining the best interests of the individual child

NEW ARTICLE: Senior Researcher Jenny Krutzinna (UiB) proposes a new child-centric approach for determining the best interests of the child […]
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Comparing states: When should parental freedoms be restricted?

NEW ARTICLE: Examining public attitudes towards parental freedoms in cases of risk to the child, Professor Jill D. Berrick (UC […]
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How do citizens balance children’s rights against parents’ rights?

NEW ARTICLE: Professor Marit Skivenes and colleagues at UC Berkeley, USA, compare citizens’ rights orientations in context of child protection […]
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Views on thresholds and reasons for child protection intervention

NEW ARTICLE: In this article,[1] Professor Marit Skivenes explores cross-country variation of population views on the thresholds of child protection […]
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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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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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Adoption from Care

NEW BOOK: International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention.
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Changes in Child-Protection Systems?

NEW ARTICLE: Katre Luhamaa explores whether international human-rights supervision are triggering changes in child-protection systems.
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Solidarity with Care-leaver Mothers

NEW ARTICLE: Jenny Krutzinna explores the dilemma between protecting children and safeguarding mothering opportunities for care-experienced mothers.
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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 Administration
and Organization Theory
C/O Marit Skivenes

P.O: 7802, 5020 Bergen
Norway