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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 […]

20. June 2022News, Publications Child protection, child rights, family, legitimacy, trust, welfare state by DIPA Centre

Extensive cross-country study of people’s trust in child protection systems

NEW ARTICLE: Professor Marit Skivenes (UiB) and Professor Emeritus Rami Benbenishty (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar Ilan University) finds […]

31. March 2022News, Publications child rights, children's rights, family, freedom, legitimacy by DIPA Centre

Comparing states: When should parental freedoms be restricted?

NEW ARTICLE: Examining public attitudes towards parental freedoms in cases of risk to the child, Professor Jill D. Berrick (UC […]

14. February 2022Blogposts, News Child protection, legitimacy, welfare state by DIPA Centre

Those that challenge state authority

BLOG: Those that challenge state authority – The critics of the welfare state and the child protection system are diverse with […]

18. January 2022News, Publications Child protection, child rights, Discretion, legitimacy, welfare state by DIPA Centre

Views on thresholds and reasons for child protection intervention

NEW ARTICLE: In this article,[1] Professor Marit Skivenes explores cross-country variation of population views on the thresholds of child protection […]

17. January 2022Blogposts, News, Ukategorisert child rights, family rights, legitimacy, lgbtqi, Poland by DIPA Centre

“Under His Eye”: Poland inches closer to Gilead as it targets children and families

BLOG: An Institute for Family and Demography could possess legal authority to intervene directly into divorce and child custody proceedings […]

5. November 2021News Child protection, children's rights, Discretion, legitimacy, welfare state by DIPA Centre

Child Protection – Will We Ever Get It Right?

LECTURE: DIPA Director, Professor Marit Skivenes, presented ongoing research on international child protection at the University of Bergen’s 75th Anniversary. […]

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Extensive cross-country study of people’s trust in child protection systems

Comparing states: When should parental freedoms be restricted?

Those that challenge state authority

Views on thresholds and reasons for child protection intervention

“Under His Eye”: Poland inches closer to Gilead as it targets children and families

Child Protection – Will We Ever Get It Right?

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