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RDV-Seminar: Precarious Inclusion: Irregular Migration, Welfare Policy & State Borders in Norway 

Video: In this seminar titled Precarious Inclusion: Irregular Migration, Welfare Policy & State Borders in Norway, Dr. Marry-Anne Karlsen presented […]
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The Value of Responsibility, Certainty, and Child Rights in Supporting State Intervention in Families – An Empirical Study Across Six European Countries

NEW ARTICLE: PhD Fellow Mathea Loen and Professor Marit Skivenes have published a study on child protection, examining how individuals’ […]
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Young Brazilian Wives: Child Marriage, Girls’ Marginalisation, and Agency

NEW ARTICLE: Larissa Cristina Margarido, a PhD candidate at FGV São Paulo Law School, Brazil, and former guest researcher at […]
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When ‘friends of the court’ aren’t so friendly: The challenge of ‘bad amicus’ and the margin of appreciation 

BLOG: The margin of appreciation is vital to the European human rights system. But is it also an avenue for […]
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Breakfast-seminar: Impact of Social Inequality on Children and Families’ Interaction with Child Welfare Services in Norway 

Our “Breakfast Seminar for practitioners” (Barnevernfrokost) is a video seminar which aims to communicate important research to professionals and students […]
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Title page of the PowerPoint presentation for the RDV seminar on 06.12.2024.
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RDV-seminar: Desegregation of education – Czech Republic 

Video: In the seminar Desegregation of Education in the Czech Republic: The Role of the Ombudsman in Addressing Human Rights […]
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The Book “Adoption from Care” Now Translated to Japanese 

We are pleased to announce that the book “Adoption from Care: International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State […]
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Opening the discussion about adoption from care in Finland – wrong place, right time? 

BLOG: Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Governments Programme took a much-awaited initiative to advance the role of adoption from care […]
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Legal Opportunity Structure and Legal Battles Over Sex Education and LGBTQ Students in Brazil and Colombia 

NEW ARTICLE:  Ana Côrtes, a researcher at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA), and Juliana Jaramillo, from […]
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Breakfast-seminar: Working environment and management among employees in child protection

Our “Breakfast Seminar for practitioners” (Barnevernfrokost) is a video seminar which aims to communicate important research to professionals and students […]
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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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Principal Investigator

Marit Skivenes

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+47 959 24 979
+47 55 58 25 87

E-mail:
Marit.Skivenes@uib.no