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Den første NOUen for barn

Barn har rett på informasjon om saker som gjelder dem, og det må være tilpasset informasjon. Skivenes-utvalget som har levert […]
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Professor Marit Skivenes presents NOU 2023: 7 on rule of law in the Norwegian child protection system

Monday 20th of March, Marit Skivenes, professor at the Department of Government and head of the Center for Research on […]
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The Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems

NEW BOOK: This handbook, edited by Jill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert and Marit Skivenes, is the largest to date overview […]
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Online Hate Towards Child Care Workers: Findings from a national study in Ireland

VIDEO: dr. Kenneth Burns, dr. Fiachra Ó’Súilleabháin and MA Olwen Halvey have presented an outline of initial findings when it […]
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Guest researcher: Victor Cepoi

We are happy to announce that Victor Cepoi will be visiting DIPA as a guest researcher! Victor Cepoi is an […]
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Forandringsfabrikken: “Må hjelpe for oss”

REPORT: “Må hjelpe for oss” (Must help us) Anika Kurshed, together with two child protection professionals, presented main findings from […]
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Breakfast-seminar: Reunification after ECHR judgments

VIDEO: Professor Kirsten Sandberg gave a lecture on reunification after ECtHR judgments. In several articles, Professor Sandberg analyzed the legal […]
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Citizens prefer permanency for children in public care

NEW ARTICLE: In the largest study to date of citizens views on the situation for children growing up in long […]
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Breakfast-seminar: Legal Safeguards for Children in Child Protection Systems

VIDEO: The government has set up the Public Expert Committee, which will assess measures to strengthen legal safeguards in all […]
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The invisible child

NEW ARTICLE: The authors of this article examine whether and how children at the centre of child protection removal decisions […]
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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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University of Bergen

Department of Government
C/O Marit Skivenes

P.O: 7802, 5020 Bergen
Norway

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Marit Skivenes

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+47 959 24 979
+47 55 58 25 87

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