Child protection

3. March 2023News, Publications Child protection, children's rights, welfare state by DIPA Centre

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 […]

27. January 2023News, Videos Child protection, legitimacy, Online hate speech, Social workers by DIPA Centre

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 […]

19. December 2022News Child protection, children's rights, welfare state by DIPA Centre

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 […]

17. October 2022News, Videos #ECtHR, #reunification, Child protection, children's rights, family by DIPA Centre

Reunification after ECHR judgments

VIDEO: Professor Kirsten Sandberg gave a lecture on reunification after ECtHR judgments. In several articles, Professor Sandberg analyzed the legal […]

30. September 2022News, Videos Child protection, child rights, children's rights, family, voluntary, welfare state by DIPA Centre

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 […]

20. September 2022News, Publications Child protection, child rights, child's best interests by DIPA Centre

The invisible child

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

8. September 2022News, Publications argumentation, Child protection, child rights, parents' rights by DIPA Centre

How do parents argue for their right to care?

NEW ARTICLE: In this recently published article in the Journal of Social Work,[1] PhD fellow Ida B. Juhasz (DIPA, UiB) […]

2. September 2022News, Publications Child protection, child rights, Discretion, welfare state by DIPA Centre

Decision-makers draw unevenly on expert evidence

NEW ARTICLE:Researcher Audun Løvlie (UiB) evaluates how decision-makers in the Norwegian County Social Welfare Board consider disciplinary evidence in child […]

22. August 2022Blogposts, News Child protection, family, reunification by DIPA Centre

Reunification philosophy, practice and research: We can do better for families

BLOG: How can we help parents and children to reunify after a child protection removal of a child? Sadly, very […]

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The Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems

Forandringsfabrikken: “Må hjelpe for oss”

Reunification after ECHR judgments

Legal Safeguards for Children in Child Protection Systems

The invisible child

How do parents argue for their right to care?

Decision-makers draw unevenly on expert evidence

Reunification philosophy, practice and research: We can do better for families

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