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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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Bergen Exchanges: Rights of the child

CONFERENCE: Two days of presentations and discussions on child rights. Events are open to the public and free of charge.
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Literature update #3 2018

LITERATURE OVERVIEW: See our list of articles of interest from June.
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Are Rights Right for Children?

BLOG: There are challenges surrounding rights for children.
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Must be allowed to make mistakes

GUEST LECTURE: Michael Lipsky is concerned about the support given to social workers and other street-level bureaucrats.
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State Intervention in Families

NEW PROJECT: Jill D. Berrick and Marit Skivenes is awarded a Peder Sather Grant to conduct research on child protection interventions […]
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Literature update #2 2018

LITERATURE OVERVIEW: See our list of articles of interest from April/May.
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Normative perspectives’ effect on court decisions

NEW PHD: Audun Løvlie will study experts as premise providers for court decisions.
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Children across borders

PRESENTATION: Marit Skivenes gave a talk on discrimination of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum.
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Guest lecture: Michael Lipsky

UPCOMING EVENT: Open lecture on June 8th with Michael Lipsky, famous for his work on street level bureaucracy.
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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