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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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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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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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Grant Awarded for Research on Child Rights and Public Safety 

NEW PROJECT: The Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) is proud to announce that together with the Law […]
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Professor Marit Skivenes Participates as Panelist at the Nordic Seminar on Child Confinement in Helsinki 

On Friday, September 13th, Dr. Marit Skivenes, director of the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) and Professor […]
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Professor Marit Skivenes to Address Legal Security for Children in Foster Care at the Annual Fosterhjemskonferansen 

On Monday, September 16th, Dr. Marit Skivenes, director of the Centre for Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) and Professor at the […]
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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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5007 Bergen

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University of Bergen

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P.O: 7802, 5020 Bergen
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Marit Skivenes

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+47 959 24 979
+47 55 58 25 87

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Marit.Skivenes@uib.no