legitimacy

18. March 2024News, Publications Adoption, Child protection, child rights, child's best interests, Discretion, family, foster care, legitimacy, welfare state by DIPA Centre

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 […]

13. November 2023Blogposts, News, Ukategorisert child's best interests, legitimacy by DIPA Centre

Blogpost: 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 […]

8. May 2023News, Publications democracy, legitimacy by DIPA Centre

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 […]

30. March 2023News, Publications Child protection, legitimacy, welfare state by DIPA Centre

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 […]

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

Blogpost: 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 […]

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Reconciling children’s best interests with their right to be heard

Blogpost: Can accountability promote participation for children?

Workplace democracy and democratic legitimacy in Europe

Populations express confidence in their child protection system

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

Comparing states: When should parental freedoms be restricted?

Blogpost: Those that challenge state authority

Views on thresholds and reasons for child protection intervention

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