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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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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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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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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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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

E-mail:
Marit.Skivenes@uib.no