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Reflections from Melilla

BLOG: PhD student Barbara Ruiken spent 9 days in Melilla to learn about Unaccompanied Migrant Minors.
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Literature update #1 2019

LITERATURE OVERVIEW: See our list of recently published articles of interest.
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What is Love in Child Welfare?

NEW REPORT: The Pro Bono group has worked with the expert-by-experience group Barnevernsproffene to study child centrism in Norwegian child […]
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Children’s right to non-discrimination

NEW BOOK: Skivenes and Søvig have edited a book on the implementation of children’s right to protection from discrimination.
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Involvement in care order proceedings

ARTICLE: Judicial decision makers express positive views about children’s and parents’ involvement, find Berrick, Dickens, Pösö, and Skivenes.
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Launch of Adoption report

VIDEO: Hege Stein Helland and Marit Skivenes presents the findings from the project “Adopsjon som barnevernstiltak”.
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 PhD candidate Hege Stein Helland and Professor Marit Skivenes in front of the Department building in Christies gate.
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Adoption as a Child Welfare Measure

NEW REPORT: Adoption provides better living conditions, but is seldom used in the Norwegian child welfare system.
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Blogpost: Norwegian child protection

BLOG: How does the Norwegian state uphold its obligation to protect children from harm and abuse?
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Centre launches guest researcher program

Researchers are welcome to apply for funding to visit the Centre.
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The Ethics of Medical Data Donation

Postdoc Jenny Krutzinna addresses the state’s obligation to facilitate ethical medical data donation.
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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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Principal Investigator

Marit Skivenes

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

E-mail:
Marit.Skivenes@uib.no