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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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– Child protection must become more transparent

NEW RESEARCHER: Dr. Jenny Krutzinna.
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– I hope to promote children’s position in society

NEW RESEARCHERS: Dr. Katre Luhamaa, Daniel Nygård and Sveinung H. Nygård.
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SPEAKERS: PhD-fellow Ida Juhasz (2nd from the right) together with professor Marit Skivenes, researcher Elisabeth Backe-Hansen and pro's from Forandringsfabrikken (The Change Factory). PHOTO: Forandringsfabrikken.
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Mental health essential issue in newborn care order cases

DISSEMINATION: PhD-candidate Ida Juhasz and Prof. Marit Skivenes gave talks at seminar in Oslo.
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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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Breakfast meeting: what do we know about the child protection system

Prof Marit Skivenes and Phd student Ida B. Juhasz will be presenting on the topic “Whose rights to family life? […]
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Commentary on Strand Lobben v Norway on Strasbourg Observers

Read Prof. Marit Skivenes and Amy McEwan-Strand’s comment on the recent judgment from the European Court of Human Rights in […]
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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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Book launch: The Impossible Imperative – Navigating the competing principles of child protection

Join us on thursday, November 16, for a presentation and discussion about the book The impossible imperative – Navigating the competing […]
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Read about us at Saktuelt

Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism was recently featured on the news blog Saktuelt. Saktuelt provides insight into how […]
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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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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