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Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism Bergen

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Child’s Best Interest Principle

PUBLICATION: The implementation of children’s rights across states still has a long way to go, claims Marit Skivenes and Line […]
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Improving decision-making in court

NEW ARTICLE: The organization of care order proceedings might be an obstacle to good decision-making, finds Marit Skivenes and Milfrid […]
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Room for improving the child-friendliness of courts

NEW ARTICLE: J. D. Berrick, J. Dickens, T. Pöso and M. Skivenes have published an article in International Journal of Children’s […]
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How parenthood is defended in court

NEW ARTICLE: Ida B. Juhasz has published an article in Child & Family Social Work on argumentation in care order appeals.
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“Towards a new theory of professional discretion – the importance of reaching for the difficult” Marit Skivenes has contributed with […]
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New articles

“Care Order Templates as Institutional Scripts in Child Protection: A Cross-system Analysis”   In a new article Jill Duerr Berrick […]
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Responses to Children Appearing to be at Risk

PUBLICATION: Professional discretion differs between child welfare systems and workers, find a new study by Berrick, Dickens, Pösö and Skivenes.
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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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Marit Skivenes

Phone:
+47 959 24 979
+47 55 58 25 87

E-mail:
Marit.Skivenes@uib.no