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RDV: Exploring the intersection of food and family intervention policies in England: how are children included? 

Video: Our guest researcher Francesca Vaghi (PhD) delivered an insightful presentation titled Exploring the intersection of food and family intervention […]
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What do we know about children’s representation in child protection decisions? 

NEW ARTICLE: PhD Fellow Frøydis Lønborg Haarberg published a scoping review on children’s representation in child protection decisions in the […]
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Discretionary Decision-Making in Child Protection Care Order Cases 

PUBLIC DEFENCE: We are immensely happy to announce that our PhD-fellow Barbara Ruiken successfully defended her dissertation “Discretionary Decision-Making in […]
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Minister Toppe Proposes Key Steps to Strengthen Child Protection System 

The Ministry of Children and Families of Norway (Det kongelige barne- og familiedepartement) published a new law report titled “Consultation […]
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Participation Workshop 

On Thursday 7th of March and Friday 8th of March 2024, the Centre for Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) hosted the […]
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Reconciling children’s best interests with their right to be heard 

NEW ARTICLE: Postdoctoral Fellow Hege Beate Stein Helland has published her article on child rights in the prestigious journal International […]
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Can accountability promote participation for children?

BLOG: Children and parents subjected to state interventions experience significant disruption in their lives. They may face many challenges, such […]
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Workplace democracy and democratic legitimacy in Europe

NEW ARTICLE from our former DIPA-team member, Dr. Bilal Hassan in the Economic and Industrial Democracy. Hassan investigates whether workplace […]
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Populations express confidence in their child protection system

NEW ARTICLE in the prestigious Journal of Social Policy: PhD candidate Mathea Loen and Professor Marit Skivenes finds that a […]
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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 […]
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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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Marit Skivenes

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+47 55 58 25 87

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Marit.Skivenes@uib.no