Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism
@discretionuib.bsky.social
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.
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...
Read more on our website: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/11/25/p...
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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...
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
More details on the book launch event: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/10/22/b...
#ChildProtection #ECtHR #Norway
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/10/17/d...
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/10/17/d...
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/10/07/d...
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/10/07/d...
[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
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
October 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
[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
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
NEW ARTICLE: "What about their future? An analysis of child protection systems’ focus on the future of new-born children in care order decisions"
September 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
NEW ARTICLE: "What about their future? An analysis of child protection systems’ focus on the future of new-born children in care order decisions"
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/08/01/d...
August 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/08/01/d...
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/07/02/n...
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/07/02/n...
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/06/25/a...
June 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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...
Read more: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/06/25/a...
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...
More on her defence: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/06/25/p...
June 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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...
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:
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(Featured picture: NORBARN)
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(Featured picture: NORBARN)
June 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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)
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(Featured picture: NORBARN)
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...
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June 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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...
discretion.w.uib.no/2025/06/11/m...
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”.
June 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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”.
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest blog post, "How can Norwegian child protection preserve trust and protect children? " written by PhD Candidate Mathea Loen (@mathealo.bsky.social). Read the full blog post here: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/05/28/h...
May 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest blog post, "How can Norwegian child protection preserve trust and protect children? " written by PhD Candidate Mathea Loen (@mathealo.bsky.social). Read the full blog post here: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/05/28/h...
We are excited to share a new publication by Post Doc Audun Løvlie (@lovlie.bsky.social) in the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family. The study analyses how judicial decision-makers in #Norway confront the dilemmas of incorporating #childparticipation in #childwelfare cases.
May 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We are excited to share a new publication by Post Doc Audun Løvlie (@lovlie.bsky.social) in the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family. The study analyses how judicial decision-makers in #Norway confront the dilemmas of incorporating #childparticipation in #childwelfare cases.
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We are delighted to announce that Prof. Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social), Tarja Pösö, and June Thoburn (@jthobu.bsky.social) are invited to present on "Adoption from Care" book by Research Institute for Children’s Social Care, Waseda University, on 12 May 2025 (Online).
April 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social), Tarja Pösö, and June Thoburn (@jthobu.bsky.social) are invited to present on "Adoption from Care" book by Research Institute for Children’s Social Care, Waseda University, on 12 May 2025 (Online).
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I am excited to announce my latest paper! It examines judicial decision-makers and their confrontation with dilemmas of children's right to participate. #childrights #childprotection #CPS @discretionuib.bsky.social
#judicialindependence #discretion #decisionmaking
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#judicialindependence #discretion #decisionmaking
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Dilemmas of children’s participation and the role of practice guidelines: the views of judicial decision-makers in Norway
Abstract . This study examines how judicial decision-makers in Norway address children’s participation in child welfare cases, focusing on their experience
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May 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am excited to announce my latest paper! It examines judicial decision-makers and their confrontation with dilemmas of children's right to participate. #childrights #childprotection #CPS @discretionuib.bsky.social
#judicialindependence #discretion #decisionmaking
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#judicialindependence #discretion #decisionmaking
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Recommending the @discretionuib.bsky.social blog on "The Nordic culture for child participation," by my good colleague Marit Skivenes on how child-centric Nordic societies still struggle to balance child protection and participation: discretion.w.uib.no/%E2%80%A6/th...
May 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Recommending the @discretionuib.bsky.social blog on "The Nordic culture for child participation," by my good colleague Marit Skivenes on how child-centric Nordic societies still struggle to balance child protection and participation: discretion.w.uib.no/%E2%80%A6/th...
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest blog post, "The Nordic culture for child participation," written by Professor Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social).
Read the full blog post here: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/04/30/t...
Read the full blog post here: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/04/30/t...
April 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest blog post, "The Nordic culture for child participation," written by Professor Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social).
Read the full blog post here: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/04/30/t...
Read the full blog post here: discretion.w.uib.no/2025/04/30/t...
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New paper - with unique data from 2008 to 2021 - about the Norwegian decisions on contact rights after a care order : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @discretionuib.bsky.social @hellejohansen.bsky.social
Decisions on contact rights after a care order in Norway from 2008 to 2021: a repeated cross-sectional study in the aftermath of the European Court of Human Rights rulings
When a child is placed in out-of-home care, the right to maintain contact with the parents is decided by the Child Welfare Tribunal. Since 2015, the European Court of Human Rights has in 23 child p...
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April 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
New paper - with unique data from 2008 to 2021 - about the Norwegian decisions on contact rights after a care order : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @discretionuib.bsky.social @hellejohansen.bsky.social
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New research from the Nordic countries shows strong public support for children’s right to information and for giving weight to their opinions in child protection cases. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lawtransform.bsky.social @conorom.bsky.social @sirigloppen.bsky.social
Balancing paternalism and child centrism: a Nordic population study on children's rights in child protection
This article examines representative population samples (N = 5,073) on attitudes about children's participation in child protection investigations in Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. ...
www.tandfonline.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
New research from the Nordic countries shows strong public support for children’s right to information and for giving weight to their opinions in child protection cases. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lawtransform.bsky.social @conorom.bsky.social @sirigloppen.bsky.social
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Our new paper is out. @discretionuib.bsky.social @mskivenes.bsky.social #childrights #paternalism Support for children's rights is strong in the Nordics.
New research from the Nordic countries shows strong public support for children’s right to information and for giving weight to their opinions in child protection cases. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lawtransform.bsky.social @conorom.bsky.social @sirigloppen.bsky.social
Balancing paternalism and child centrism: a Nordic population study on children's rights in child protection
This article examines representative population samples (N = 5,073) on attitudes about children's participation in child protection investigations in Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. ...
www.tandfonline.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Our new paper is out. @discretionuib.bsky.social @mskivenes.bsky.social #childrights #paternalism Support for children's rights is strong in the Nordics.
Gladly announcing that Frøydis Lønborg Haarberg, Katrin Križ, Audun Løvlie (@lovlie.bsky.social), and Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social) from DIPA have recently published a scientific article in the European Journal of Social Work on balancing #Paternalism and #ChildRights in #Nordic countries.
April 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Gladly announcing that Frøydis Lønborg Haarberg, Katrin Križ, Audun Løvlie (@lovlie.bsky.social), and Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social) from DIPA have recently published a scientific article in the European Journal of Social Work on balancing #Paternalism and #ChildRights in #Nordic countries.
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social), Tarja Pösö, and June Thoburn (@jthobu.bsky.social) are invited to present on "Adoption from Care" book by Research Institute for Children’s Social Care, Waseda University, on 12 May 2025 (Online).
April 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Marit Skivenes (@mskivenes.bsky.social), Tarja Pösö, and June Thoburn (@jthobu.bsky.social) are invited to present on "Adoption from Care" book by Research Institute for Children’s Social Care, Waseda University, on 12 May 2025 (Online).
Bli med på Barnevernfrokost, fredag 4 april kl. 9:00, der Dr. Elisabeth Backe-Hansen diskuterer lisensiering av barnevernsinstitusjoner på tvers av nordiske land.
Mer informasjon kan finnes her:
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Mer informasjon kan finnes her:
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Join us on our #Barnevernfrokost webinar on Friday, 04.04 (9:00 CEST), where Dr. Elisabeth Backe-Hansen will discuss on licensing of child welfare institutions across Nordic countries (in Norwegian).
Find more information here: discretion.w.uib.no/event/proses...
Find more information here: discretion.w.uib.no/event/proses...
April 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Bli med på Barnevernfrokost, fredag 4 april kl. 9:00, der Dr. Elisabeth Backe-Hansen diskuterer lisensiering av barnevernsinstitusjoner på tvers av nordiske land.
Mer informasjon kan finnes her:
discretion.w.uib.no/event/proses...
Mer informasjon kan finnes her:
discretion.w.uib.no/event/proses...