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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.
How should children’s rights be protected when age itself is uncertain?
In this blog post, Ingi Iusmen examines age assessment practices in the UK asylum system and how unreliable methods can lead to unaccompanied children being wrongly classified as adults:
discretion.w.uib.no/2026/02/23/w...
Join us at Christies gate 17 (2nd floor, Styrerommet/room 17.103) for #RDVSeminar this Thursday, 22 January (14:15-15:00 CET), as Professor Stefanie Schurer from the University of Sydney will present on “Youth who go missing from care: characteristics and risk profiles”.
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Join us at Christies gate 17 (2nd floor, Styrerommet/room 17.103) for #RDVSeminar this Thursday, 22 January (14:15-15:00 CET), as Professor Stefanie Schurer from the University of Sydney will present on “Youth who go missing from care: characteristics and risk profiles”.
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest blog post, "When religion and a child’s stability in foster care clash: people choose stability," written by Professor Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social).
Read the full blog post here: discretion.w.uib.no/2026/01/12/w...
Professor Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social) has recently been invited to speak and participate in a research seminar titled "Children, Youth and Crime in the Welfare State" in Copenhagen, Denmark, organised by VIVE.
Read more on our website: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/11/25/p...
Last month, DIPA hosted a book launch for Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights.
More details on the book launch event: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/10/22/b...
#ChildProtection #ECtHR #Norway
We are pleased to announce that Professor Skivenes, Berrick, and Predoctoral Fellow Pratama have recently participated in the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents 2025 Conference in Zagreb.
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/10/17/d...
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We are glad to inform you that DIPA Researcher Hege Helland and Post-Doc Mathea Loen have recently participated in the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference 2025 at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/10/07/d...
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When: Thursday, October 16, 2025, 14:00–15:00
Where: Babelstuen, Faculty of Humanities Library, University of Bergen
(Haakon Sheteligs plass 7, 5007 Bergen)
Looking forward to your enthusiasm for hearing and joining the talk!
#childrights #childprotection #Norway #ECtHR
[UPCOMING EVENT]
Join us for the launch of "Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights" and a conversation with the editors Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes & Siri Gloppen
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A new study by Jenny Krutzinna, Katre Luhamaa, Tarja Pösö, and Marit Skivenes analyses care order decisions in eight European countries. The findings show that while the future is often mentioned, only a small minority of judgments consider the child’s life as an adult.
NEW ARTICLE: "What about their future? An analysis of child protection systems’ focus on the future of new-born children in care order decisions"
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We are pleased to announce that researchers from DIPA, Prof. Skivenes, Prof. Berrick, Dr. Helland, & Dr. Loen, have recently participated in the 2025 International Political Science Association (@ipsa.org) World Congress of Political Science, in Seoul.
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/08/01/d...
[Illustration: ColourBox]
We are glad to share a new publication by our new Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathea Loen (@mathealo.bsky.social), in the journal "Governance". The study analyses European citizens’ attitudes toward public welfare institutions in terms of their compliance.
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/07/02/n...
(Photo: ColourBox)
#childrenrights #constitution #childrenvisibility
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Excited to share a new publication by Prof. Berrick, Prof. Gloppen, Dr. Margarido and Prof. Skivenes in the International Journal of Children’s Rights! The study analyses children’s constitutional visibility using constitutional texts (193 countries).
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/06/25/a...
[Photo by Jenny Guo Strømsnes, UiB]
We are delighted to announce that our PhD Candidate, Mathea Loen (@mathealo.bsky.social), has successfully defended her dissertation, “Protecting Children, Preserving Trust,” and has therefore acquired a PhD from the University of Bergen!
More on her defence: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/06/25/p...
Earlier this month, Professor Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social) was invited to a webinar on Children’s Rights and Participation by the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)'s NORBARN Research School. Read more here:
discretion.w.uib.no/2025/06/20/p...
(Featured picture: NORBARN)
Her dissertation consists of four articles and a comprehensive introduction (“kappe”), and is a part of the CHALLENGES project at DIPA. A press release in Norwegian can be found here:
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We are thrilled to announce that DIPA's Mathea Loen (@mathealo.bsky.social) will defend her PhD degree at the Department of Government, University of Bergen on June 20, 2025, with the dissertation "Protecting Children, Preserving Trust".
discretion.w.uib.no/2025/06/11/m...
You can also participate digitally! Link is provided in this event page. discretion.w.uib.no/event/rdv-un...
Join us at Bergen Global (@bergenglobal.bsky.social) for the #RDVseminar this Friday, 6 June (9:00 – 10:15 CEST), where Assistant Professor Zalman Rothschild from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law will present a topic titled “(Un)Constitutional Educational Indoctrination”.