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Selected Chair of the Child Protection Committee

NEWS: Professor Skivenes is appointed by the Norwegian government to lead a national expert group reviewing the child protection system.
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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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Support for Mothers and Newborns in Vulnerable Situations

VIDEO: Barbara Ruiken presenting findings from research on services for families in vulnerable situations (in Norwegian).
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Anger and Anxiety About Child Protection

BLOG: The role of emotions in child protection are understudied and underemphasized.
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It’s Their Life

BLOG: We must listen to children´s views on contact in child protection care orders.
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Services to Vulnerable Families

ARTICLE: Study of services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations in eight European jurisdictions.
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Saving Democracy

BLOG: What can child welfare research teach us about saving democracy?
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Adoption as a Child Welfare Measure

VIDEO: Hege Stein Helland presenting findings from research on adoption from care without parental consent (in Norwegian).
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Are Children Heard in the Child Protection System?

NEW PROJECT: The Centre has received funding to conduct a groundbreaking study of children’s participation.
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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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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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Principal Investigator

Marit Skivenes

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

E-mail:
Marit.Skivenes@uib.no