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Two new chapters in the Handbook of Child and Family Social Work Research – Knowledge-Building, Application, and Impact

NEW CHAPTERS: Professors Marit Skivenes, Jill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert, Tarja Pösö, and June Thoburn have authored two chapters in […]
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Does age and maltreatment matter? A survey experiment of the Nordic populations’ attitudes towards participation 

NEW ARTICLE: Postdoctoral fellow Hege Stein Helland has published a study examining Nordic populations’ attitudes toward children’s participation in child […]
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Breakfast-seminar: Is it always appropriate to participate? Child welfare staff’s perspective on when to exclude children from conversations about visitation 

Our “Breakfast Seminar for practitioners” (Barnevernfrokost) is a video seminar which aims to communicate important research to professionals and students […]
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Public Rights Orientations and Views on Long-Term Care Options for Children in the Child Protection System

NEW ARTICLE: Professors Marit Skivenes, Jill D. Berrick, and Postdoctoral Fellow Hege Stein Helland have published a new article titled […]
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Dr. Hege Stein Helland begins Research Stay at University College Cork 

Hege Stein Helland, a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA), is currently on a […]
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RDV-Seminar: Child Welfare Predictive Risk Models and Legal Decision-Making 

Video: In this seminar titled Child Welfare Predictive Risk Models and Legal Decision-Making, Matthew Trail discussed the use of algorithmic […]
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The famous Sounding Board blog discusses “our” child protection typology

The July edition of the renowned Sounding Board blog features an insightful discussion titled “Comparing Child Protection: Northern Europe vs. […]
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How Different Countries Protect Children: A Study on What People Think about Child Protection Systems 

Have you ever wondered how different countries’ governments take care of children and support families, and how do people in […]
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Performance and Trust in Child Protection Systems: A Comparative Analysis of England and Norway

NEW ARTICLE: Bilal Hassan (Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen) published a new article on […]
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Protecting Kids: What people in eight countries think about parental freedoms

What happens when the state has to step in, and help kids whose parents are struggling? What do people think […]
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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
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Marit Skivenes

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+47 55 58 25 87

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