Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA)

RDV: Discursive Institutionalism
2021-04-08 12:15 - 13:45 (Europe/Oslo)
Vivien Schmidt
Discursive Institutionalism: Analyzing the Power of Ideas and Discourse in Institutional Context

Vivien A. Schmidt is Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Professor of International Relations in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, and Professor of Political Science at Boston University, as well as Founding Director of BU’s Center for the Study of Europe. Schmidt’s research focuses on European political economy, institutions, democracy, and political theory—in particular on the importance of ideas and discourse in political analysis (discursive institutionalism). Her latest books include Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone (2020), Resilient Liberalism in Europe’s Political Economy (co-edited, 2013), Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union (co-edited, 2011), Democracy in Europe (2006) and The Futures of European Capitalism (2002). Her current work, supported by a Guggenheim fellowship, focuses on the ‘rhetoric of discontent,’ through a transatlantic investigation of the populist revolt. https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/profile/vivien-a-schmidt/
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

Barnevernfrokost: Barns medvirkning
2021-04-14 09:00 - 09:45
Hvordan kan man ivareta barns rett til å bli hørt i barnevernssaker?
Barnekonvensjonens artikkel 12 slår fast at barn har rett til å gi uttrykk for sine synspunkter i saker som berører dem, og at barnets synspunkter skal tillegges behørig vekt i samsvar med dets alder og modenhet. Men hvordan håndteres denne forpliktelsen i følge forskning innen barnevern? Og hva innebærer denne rettigheten for utøvelsen av profesjonell praksis i barnevernet? Asgeir Falch-Eriksen er statsviter med barns rettigheter og barnevern som sitt spesialfelt. Han har deltatt i flere studier av barns medvirkning, og vil i dette foredraget forsøke å besvare disse to sentrale spørsmålene.
Innleder: Asgeir Falch-Eriksen, Seniorforsker ved NOVA – OsloMet, og Førsteamanuensis II ved Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, UiB.
Onsdag 14. april kl. 09.00 – 09.45 (Zoom Webinar)
https://uib.zoom.us/j/67107275765?pwd=[REDACTED]

RDV: The essence of democratic backsliding in the European Union
2021-04-22 14:15 - 15:45
Pieter De Wilde
The essence of democratic backsliding in the European Union: deliberation and rule of law

Pieter de Wilde is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at NTNU. His research addresses political conflict over European integration and globalization, Euroscepticism as well as public debate in mass media, the internet, and parliamentary settings. Currently, he studies public discourses about democracy in Europe as partner in RECONNECT (Horizon 2020), unelected representatives and their impact on liberal democracy as principal investigator of the UNREP project, and on what social media reveal about our political opinions as principal investigator of the project Trondheim Analytica. https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/pieter.dewilde
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

Book launch: Adoption from Care
2021-05-19 14:30 - 16:00
International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention
Welcome to the launch of “Adoption from Care: International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention” edited by Tarja Pösö (Tampere University), Marit Skivenes (UiB), and June Thoburn (University of East Anglia).
This book explores how children’s rights are practiced and weighed against birth and adoptive parents’ rights and examines how governments and professionals balance rights when it is decided that children cannot return to parental care.
From different socio-political and legal contexts in Europe and the United States, it provides an in-depth analysis of concepts of family, contact, the child’s best-interest principle and human rights when children are adopted from care.
At the book launch, the editors and chapter authors will present some of the highlights from the book, and engage in discussions on implications for policy and professional practices.
Participants

Marit Skivenes, professor, University of Bergen
June Thoburn, emeritus professor, University of East Anglia
Tarja Pösö, professor, Tampere University
Jill Berrick, professor, UC Berkeley
Jesús Palacios, professor, University of Seville
Kenneth Burns, senior lecturer, University College Cork
Lene Printzlau Våmartveit, chair, the Norwegian Foster Home Association

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The launch is organized in collaboration with Centre on Law and Social Transformation and Bergen Global.
https://uib.zoom.us/j/68955108149?pwd=[REDACTED]

RDV: Child´s Right to Participation (Asgeir Falch-Eriksen)
2021-05-20 14:15 - 15:45
Asgeir Falch-Eriksen
Child´s Right to Participation and Professional Practice in Child Protection Services

Asgeir Falch-Eriksen is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Welfare and Labour Research, Oslo Metropolitan University. He is a political scientist with the main research interests being political theory, trust theory, public administration, epistocracy, politics of families and child protection. These interests have culminated in an interest in empirical research on constitutional Democracy and trust between Citizens and citizens’ trust in government. Falck-Eriksen is the PI of the project “Child Protection and Pluralism”, and co-PI of Cosmopolitan Turn and Democratic Sentiments (CONSENT). He is also Associate Professor II at the DIPA-centre, University of Bergen. https://www.oslomet.no/en/about/employee/asgeirer/
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

Barnevernfrokost: Norge i menneskerettighetsdomstolen (Karl H. Søvig)
2021-06-01 09:00 - 09:45
Hvilke konsekvenser vil dommene fra Strasbourg få for det norske barnevernet?
Den europeiske menneskerettighets-domstolen har tatt inn et rekordstort antall norske barnevernssaker til behandling. I flere dommer konkluderes det med at Norge har krenket retten til respekt for privatliv og familieliv. Men hva sier egentlig domstolen om den norske praksisen i barnevernssaker? Og hvilke implikasjoner vil det få i barnevernssystemet på kort og lang sikt?
Karl Harald Søvig er professor og dekan ved Det juridiske fakultet, UiB. Han er blant landets ledende eksperter på barns rettigheter, og har gjennomført flere analyser av avgjørelser fra EMD i saker om vern av privat- og familieliv.
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Barnevernfrokost er en digital seminarserie som arrangeres av DIPA-senteret i samarbeid med Bergen kommune – Etat for barn og familie og Centre on Law and Social Transformation (UiB/CMI).
Delta via lenken: https://uib.zoom.us/j/64526481735?pwd=[REDACTED]

RDV: Barns rett til helse (Trude Haugli)
2021-06-03 14:15 - 15:45
Trude Haugli:
Barns rett til helse
Trude Haugli is Professor of Law at the University of Tromsø, where she leads the research group for children’s rights. Her research interests include the Legal status of children and young people, International Children’s rights, Children’s Constitutional rights in the Nordic Countries, and the Child perspective in legal research. She is the PI of the ongoing research project “Children’s right to health”, funded by the Research Council of Norway. Haugli has written a number of articles on child rights issues and has contributed to several books on the topic. https://en.uit.no/ansatte/person?p_document_id=41586
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

Webinar: Children’s Participation
2021-06-09 12:00 - 15:15
The DIPA-centre at the University of Bergen is pleased to invite to this online seminar on Children’s Right to Participation.

12.00: Introduction by Marit Skivenes

Children’s participation in child protection – current knowledge and gaps.

12:15: Key-note presentations

David Archard

Paternalism – children, adults and respect: The moral and political status of children and the respect for children’s views.

Karmen Toros

What are children’s views on and experiences with participation in the child protection system’s decision‐making process? Findings from a systematic review.

Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane

Involving Children: Developments in Scottish law concerning children and the creation of a more Children’s Rights-based legislation in Scotland.

15:00: Plenary Discussion The full seminar program can be viewed here.

The online meeting room will open 11:50, and the seminar starts 12:00. There will be short coffee breaks during the seminar.
The seminar will be held on Zoom, and you can participate online via the link below. If the Zoom application is new to you, we recommend that you press the link well before the events to download the software. If you have trouble logging on, contact Vanessa.Seeligmann@uib.no.
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This seminar is organized as part of the PARTICIPATION project. PARTICIPATION has received funding from the Research Council of Norway (project no. 320149).

Barnevernfrokost: Musikkterapi i barnevernet
2021-06-23 09:00 - 09:45
Kan musikk hjelpe barn og unge som har en vanskelig oppvekst?
Mange unge i barnevernet har psykiske vansker og opplever utfordringer knyttet til tillitt, identitet, deltakelse og trygghet. Kostnadene ved manglende forebygging er store, både for det enkelte barnet og for samfunnet. I flere kommuner har man tatt i bruk musikkterapi som et verktøy for å fremme trivsel og sikre barns rett til å bli sett, hørt og forstått. Kan musikk være et verktøy som gjør unge i barnevernet bedre rustet til å takle hverdagen?
Viggo Krüger er førsteamanuensis og leder for Griegakademiets senter for musikkterapiforsking, UiB. Han har studert bruk av musikk som terapi for barn og unge, og fulgt unge i barnevernet over flere år som del av sin forskning.
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Barnevernfrokost er en digital seminarserie som arrangeres av DIPA-senteret i samarbeid med Bergen kommune – Etat for barn og familie og Centre on Law and Social Transformation (UiB/CMI).
Delta via lenken: https://uib.zoom.us/j/67226819399?pwd=[REDACTED]
Gjerne følg med underveis med PowerPoint presentasjonen.
Kurset som ble omtalt: Musikk i forebyggende arbeid med barn og unge
WHO-rapporten som ble omtalt i seminaret: What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review (2019)

RDV: How do children and parents experience child protection proceedings? (Stefan Schnurr)
2021-08-26 14:15 - 15:45
Stefan Schnurr:
How do children and parents experience child protection proceedings?
Stefan Schnurr is Professor and Head of the Institute for Studies in Children and Youth Services at the University of Applies Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. His research interests include social work, child- and youth services, international social work and social policy, and participation. Schnurr has both led and been a part of several research projects which aimed to add to the knowledge on and further the development of child and youth services in Switzerland. He is one of the upcoming guest researchers at the DIPA Centre during August/September 2021. Schnurr has written numerous articles and book chapters, and has contributed to the upcoming book “The Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems” by Berrick, Gilbert & Skivenes, with the chapter “Child Protection and Childrens’ Services in Switzerland”. https://www.fhnw.ch/de/personen/stefan-schnurr
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

RDV: Legitimacy: a psychology and law perspective (Jonathan Jackson)
2021-09-09 14:15 - 15:45
Jonathan Jackson:
Legitimacy: a psychology and law perspective
Jonathan Jackson is Professor of Research Methodology and Head of the Department of Methodology at The London School of Economics and Political Science. He is an Honorary Professor of Criminology at the University of Sydney Law School and an Affiliated Scholar in the Justice Collaboratory of Yale Law School. Working at the intersection of psychology and law, his research focuses on procedural justice, distributive justice and legitimacy in the context of the criminal justice system. He has led several high-profile projects into public trust and institutional legitimacy in the field of criminal justice, most of which have been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the European Commission’s FP7 programme. He is currently working on an ESRC-funded project (with Clifford Stott at Keeleand Ben Bradford at UCL) that aims to systematically test and advance theoretical understanding of some core causal claims of procedural justice theory. Jackson has co-authored and co-edited three books on topics related to justice and legitimacy in the criminal justice system. https://www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/People/Academic-Staff/Jonathan-Jackson/Jonathan-Jackson
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

RDV: Children's participation in child protection: international research and practical applications (Katrin Križ & Mimi Petersen)
2021-09-23 14:15 - 15:45
Katrin Križ & Mimi Petersen:
Children’s participation in child protection: International research and practical applications
Katrin Križ is Professor of Sociology at Emmanuel College in Boston, and research associate at the DIPA Centre, as well as research affiliate at the Center on Law and Social Transformation. In her research she has compared child welfare systems in an international context and studied migrant education and poverty alleviation policy in the United States. Her most recent research focuses on the role of professional discretion in decisions related to a child’s best interests in several EU countries. Križ has written a number of articles on child right issues and welfare, and contributed to the new book by Pösö, Skivenes & Thoburn (2021) on the topic of adoption from care in an international perspective. Recently Križ has worked on an upcoming book titled «Children and Young People’s Participation in Child Protection: International Research and Practical Applications: International Research and Practical Applications», co-edited with Mimi Petersen. https://www.emmanuel.edu/academics/our-faculty/katrin-kriz.html
Mimi Petersen is a Lecturer in Social Work at the University College Copenhagen. Her research interests include children and young people’s rights, vulnerable children, social conditions and identity formation. She is currently working as a PI on the project “Nordisk Netværk for børns ret til involvering” [Nordic Network for children’s’ right to involvement]. Petersen has written a number of articles on children and young people’s rights and issues, and has contributed to several books on the topic. Petersen is co-editor and contributes to multiple chapters in the upcoming book on children’s participation in child protection together with Križ. She also recently co-edited a book with Ida Kornerup on the topic of children’s rights and participation in professional practice. https://www.ucviden.dk/da/persons/mimi-petersen
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

RDV: Severity and priority setting in health care (Mathias Barra)
2021-10-07 14:15 - 15:45
Mathias Barra:
Severity and priority setting in health care (SEVPRI)
Mathias Barra is a Senior Researcher at the Health Services Research Unit (HØKH), Akershus University Hospital (Norway), and at the Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS), University of Bergen. His research interests include are Quality/Value of Life Research, Badness of death, health economics and ethics; mostly in the context of priority setting in health care. His main focus right now is the SERPRI project. Barra has written a number of articles on health care issues and was featured in an article in the online newspaper Dagens Medisin with the title “Prioritering: Vil vite hva befolkningen legger i alvorlighet” [Prioritizing: Wants to know what citizens see in severity]. https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Georg.Mathias.Honor%C3%A9.Barra
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

Barnevernfrokost: Hvordan opplever barn og foreldre barnevernssaker?
2021-10-08 09:00 - 09:45
Hvordan opplever barn og foreldre barneverssaker? En av kjernefunksjonene i ethvert barnevernsystem er å beskytte og gjenreise barns integritet. For å utøve denne funksjonen er det avgjørende at profesjonelle i barnevernstjenesten har tilstrekkelig med kunnskap om hvordan barn og foreldre opplever barnevernssaker. Mangelfull innsikt i hvordan barn og foreldre erfarer barnevernssaker kan potensielt sett skade barns integritet og forhindre barns medvirkning – i strid med saksbehandlers intensjoner. I denne utgaven av Barnevernfrokost vil Professor Stefan Schnurr ta utgangspunkt i det sveitsiske barnevernet og et pågående forskningsprosjekt som studerer barns og foreldres erfaringer med barnevernet for å belyse hvilke forhold som best tilrettelegger for barns medvirkning og samtidig ivaretar deres selvstendighet og beskytter deres integritet. Foredraget holdes på engelsk.
Stefan Schnurr er professor or instituttleder ved Institute for Studies in Children and Youth Services ved University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. Hans forskningsinteresser inkluderer sosialt arbeid, barne- og ungdomstjenester og deltakelse. Schnurr har ledet og deltatt i flere store forskningsprosjekt med formål om å forbedre og videreutvikle sosiale tjenester for barn og ungdom. I august og september har Schnurr vært gjesteforsker ved DIPA-senteret.
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Meeting ID: 621 3321 9467
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Barnevernfrokost er en digital seminarserie som arrangeres av DIPA-senteret i samarbeid med Bergen kommune – Etat for barn og familie og Centre on Law and Social Transformation (UiB/CMI).

RDV: Expertise and Political Legitimacy Before, During, and After the Covid Pandemic (Dr. Alfred Moore)
2021-10-21 14:15 - 15:45
Dr. Alfred Moore: Expertise and Political Legitimacy Before, During, and After the Covid Pandemic
Dr. Alfred Moore is a Lecturer in Political Theory at the Department of Politics at the University of York. His research interests include deliberative democracy, social epistemology, politics of expertise and technology and democracy. He also has a current interest in the networked public sphere – the ways in which the internet is changing democratic politics. Moore is currently working on the research project “Rethinking political competition”, funded by The British Academy. He has published on the problem of expertise in democratic theory, and has authored the book «Critical Elitism: Deliberation, Democracy, and the Politics of Expertise», which was published in 2017. https://www.york.ac.uk/politics/people/academicstaff/alfred-moore/#profile-content
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

Barnevernfrokost: Konflikthåndtering og kommunikasjon i barnevernssaker
2021-10-22 09:00 - 09:45
Samtaleprosess er en meklingsliknende prosess i saker for fylkesnemndene. Formålet er å «bedre partenes kommunikasjon og gi dem mulighet til å bli enige om løsninger til barnets beste som hel eller delvis løsning på saken» (barnevernloven § 7-25). Hvorfor er det behov for samtaleprosess? Kunne en del av sakene som løses med denne metoden vært løst i barneverntjenesten? Hva er det en samtaleprosess tilfører barnevernssakene?
Camilla Bernt er Professor ved Det juridiske fakultet, UiB. Hun er leder for forskergruppen for sivilprosess og konfliktløsning. Hennes forskningsområder er særlig knyttet til mekling, barnerett og god forvaltningsskikk. I de senere årene har hun jobbet med prosessrettslige spørsmål i barnelovssaker (foreldretvister) og barnevernssaker.
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Barnevernfrokost er en digital seminarserie som arrangeres av DIPA-senteret i samarbeid med Bergen kommune – Etat for barn og familie og Centre on Law and Social Transformation (UiB/CMI).

RDV: Child Interviews and the Use of Multimodal Virtual Avatars (Gunn Astrid Baugerud)
2021-11-04 14:15 - 15:45
Dr. Gunn Astrid Baugerud: Child Interviews and the Use of Multimodal Virtual Avatars
Gunn Astrid Baugerud is Associate Professor at the Department of Social Work, Oslo Metropolitan University. Baugerud has a background in cognitive developmental psychology, and her research interests include child maltreatment, children’s memory development and children as victims/witnesses, and investigative interviews with children. Baugerud was recently awarded a prestigious FRIPRO grant from the Research Council of Norway for the project “Interview training of child-welfare and law-enforcement professionals interviewing maltreated children supported via artificial avatars”. https://www.oslomet.no/en/about/employee/gunnba/
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

Barnevernfrokost: Barneavhør og bruk av interaktive avatarer
2021-11-05 09:00 - 09:45
Kvalitet i intervju er avgjørende for at barn som er utsatt for omsorgssvikt, eller potensielt vold og overgrep, får anledning til å fortelle fritt og upåvirket om det de har opplevd/blitt utsatt for. Imidlertid viser både nasjonal og internasjonal forskning at det er vanskelig å opprettholde kvalitet over tid i intervju av barn til tross for at det investeres store ressurser i opplæring i samtale- og avhørsmetodikk. Hvordan kan kunstig intelligens og interaktive avatarer være nyttige verktøy for ferdighetstrening i barnevernstjenesten og blant politiansatte som skal gjennomføre slike intervjuer?
Gunn Astrid Baugerud er Førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for sosialfag ved OsloMet. Hun har bakgrunn fra kognitiv utviklingspsykologi og forskningen hennes fokuserer på barn utsatt for mishandling, barn som ofre og vitner, og kvalitative intervju med barn i sårbare situasjoner. Hun leder forskningsprosjektet “Samtaletrening ved hjelp av barneavatar for barnevern- og politiansatte som intervjuer barn utsatt for overgrep og omsorgssvikt.
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Trial Lecture for Hege Stein Helland
2021-11-17 16:15 - 17:00
Trial lecture will be given on the topic “How can and should children’s voices play a role in determining «best interest» in child protection decision-making?”
The public defence will be November 19th. Click here for more information about the dissertation (in Norwegian).

RDV: Children, youth and online risks (Elisabeth Staksrud)
2021-11-18 14:15 - 15:45
Elisabeth Staksrud:
Children, youth and online risks
Elisabeth Staksrud is a Professor at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. Her research interests and key competences include safe use and online risk, regulation and rights, media use among children and adolescents, censorship and freedom of expression. She is working on several projects, one of which is the European Union’s Horizon 2020 funded project “Youth Skills (ySKILLS)”, which aims to enhance and maximize the long-term positive impact of the digital environment on children and adolescents. Staksrud has written numerous articles on media use and it’s effects for children and young people, and has both written and contributed to several books on these topics. https://www.hf.uio.no/imk/personer/vit/estaksru/index.html
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The webinar is part of the RDV seminar series – a collaboration between the Research Group Law, Democracy and Welfare at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Center for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (UiB) and the Center for Law and Social Transformation – Lawtransform (UiB/CMI).

Public Defence for Hege Stein Helland
2021-11-19 15:30 - 18:15
Hvordan rettferdiggjøres adopsjon?
Hege Beate Stein Helland disputerer 19.11.2021 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen “Discretion and the Demand for Reasons”.
Hvordan rettferdiggjør juridiske og profesjonelle beslutningstakere hva som er til «barnets beste» i beslutninger om adopsjon av fosterbarn? Med fokus på kvalitet og legitimitet i begrunnelser av statlige intervensjoner, undersøker Helland hvordan norske og engelske beslutningstakere utøver skjønn når de forholder seg til det førende, men komplekse prinsippet om barnets beste. Skjønnsmessige vurderinger er nødvendig for å komme frem til hva som er til det beste for det enkelte barn, men utfordrer samtidig demokratisk kontroll over beslutningsprosessen, og åpner for variasjon i beslutningsfatting.
Studien viser at barnets beste i stor grad blir rettferdiggjort gjennom barnesentrert argumentasjon. Det er likevel slik at foreldreorienterte begrunnelser er avgjørende for vurderingene om hvorvidt en adopsjon anses å være til barnets beste. Samtidig viser avhandlingen at beslutningstakerne baserer seg på et relativt uniformt og hierarkisk strukturert normativt grunnlag, og begrunnelsene er rettet mot å rettferdiggjøre unntak for det biologiske prinsipp. Det er også tydelig at Høyesteretts praksis i stor grad er førende for hvilke argumenter som anvendes og vektes. Det omfattende skjønnsrommet beslutningstakerne er gitt sammenfaller imidlertid også med variasjon og inkonsistens, samt mangler og ubalanse i argumentasjonen. På den andre siden viser analysene tegn til uformelle beslutningsstandarder og regeldannende praksis. Dette har positive sider og gir noe forutsigbarhet, men utfordrer legitimiteten til vurderingene, blant annet fordi slike uformelle praksiser og standarder ikke er demokratisk konstituert.
Studien gir ikke grunnlag for å si at utfallet av beslutningene skulle eller burde vært annerledes, men konkluderer med at det er behov for mer eksplisitt og deliberativ argumentasjon for å styrke beslutningsprosessens kvalitet og legitimitet.
Sted: Lauritz Meltzers hus (SV-bygget), Lite auditorium og digitalt i Zoom webinar

RDV: Epistemic worries about expertise and the design of better policy advice: examples from the NOU system (Cathrine Holst)
2021-12-02 14:15 - 15:45
Dr. Cathrine Holst: Epistemic worries about expertise and the design of better policy advice: examples from the NOU system
Cathrine Holst is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo. Her academic interests include political sociology and democracy research, social and political theory, the role of knowledge and expertise in policy and politics, EU, and gender policy. Holst is a part of and (co-)leader of several research groups and projects. She also leads the sub-project “Trust and Advice Mechanisms” under the EU-funded PERITA project (Policy, Expertise and Trust, 2020-2022), which studies systems through which experts assume an advisory role in policy making decisions in European countries. Together with Willy Pedersen she is in charge of a study of changes in Norwegian drug policy (under the project PROMENTA). In addition to having written numerous empirical articles and books, Holst is an experienced journal editor and has had columns in several Norwegian newspapers. https://www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/people/aca/cathho/index.html
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Barnevernfrokost: Dansk barnevernlovgivning - Barnets Lov og "Børnene Først"
2021-12-03 09:00 - 09:45
I mai 2021 inngikk den danske regjeringen sammen med et bredt flertall i det danske folketinget en avtale som skal hjelpe utsatte barn og familier tidligere og bedre enn i dag. Blant annet skal avtalen sikre barn bedre rettigheter gjennom nye lovarbeider, sikre bedre kvalitet i omsorgsovertakelser, og gi færre skift og mer stabilitet. Hva betyr disse endringene i praksis og hvilke fordeler og ulemper medfører avtalen for utsatte barn og deres familier, samt for beslutningstakere i barneverntjenesten?
Karina Rohrberg Jessen er barnesakkyndig dommer ved Domstolsstyrelsen i Danmark. Hun nærgående kjennskap til dansk barnevern og har blant annet utgitt lærebok om tidlig innsats ved omsorgssvikt.
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Barnevernfrokost: Kunnskapsbasert foreldreveiledning for flyktningfamilier (Ragnhild Bjørknes)
2022-01-14 09:00 - 09:45
Foreldreveiledning har allerede vist seg å være et effektivt verktøy for å hjelpe foreldre til å utvikle gode foreldreferdigheter. Likevel vet vi lite om foreldreveiledningen er tilpasset godt nok og hvordan det påvirker foreldreomsorgen for familier med flykning eller annen minoritetsbakgrunn. I introduksjonsprogrammet er foreldreveiledning obligatorisk og ulike veiledningsprogram brukes som tiltak i barnevernet. For å kunne drive kunnskapsbaserte og likeverdige tjenester må forskning prioriteres.
Ragnhild Bjørknes er Professor ved HEMIL-senteret, Universitetet i Bergen. Hun har lang erfaring med forskning på foreldreveiledningsprogram for minoritetsfamilier. Presentasjonen vil belyse ulike forskningsstudier og implikasjoner for praksis.
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RDV: From macro to micro – ideology and reality in Norway’s market turn (Ola Innset)
2022-01-27 14:15 - 15:30
Ola Innset is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Law and Governance at BI Norwegian Business School. His research interests lie at the intersections between political economy, intellectual history and economic- and political history. Innset did his PhD in History and Civilisation at the European University Institute from 2013 to 2017, with a thesis in intellectual micro-history on early neoliberalism. The thesis won the History of Economics Society annual dissertation prize and was published as the book Reinventing Liberalism: The Politics, Philosophy and Economics of Early Neoliberalism (1920 – 1947) in 2020. He has also written and published a monograph in Norwegian on the history of market reforms in Norway, also published in 2020. https://www.bi.edu/about-bi/employees/department-of-law2/ola-morris-innset/?_ga=2.84640089.1383336497.1640088926-1487682103.1640088926
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RDV: Children’s consent to welfare services (Tarja Pösö)
2022-02-10 14:15 - 15:30
Tarja Pösö holds a position as Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences (Tampere University, Finland) and is a professor II at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory (University of Bergen). Pösö has extensive experience in the studies of child protection, social work and institutional practices, with a keen interest in cross-cultural perspectives and developing methods and ethics for child protection studies. Her particular research interests are: 1) How social workers navigate among different sources of information and interest when making decisions and assessing the outcome of their decisions in child protection, 2) How the child welfare systems perceive and act with migrant children, 3) How the principle of ‘the child’s best interest’ is included in the decision-making process. https://discretion.uib.no/people/staff/tarja-poso-2/
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Barnevernfrokost: Fra barnets beste til gjenforening som overordnet mål for barnevernstiltak etter omsorgsovertakelse? (Christian Børge Sørensen)
2022-02-18 09:00 - 09:45
Siden høsten 2018 er Norge hittil dømt i Den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstol for å ha krenket retten til familieliv i 14 barnevernssaker. Dette har ført til endringer i norsk barnevernsrett og praksis, ved økte krav til den nasjonale saksbehandlingen. Tema for Sørensens foredrag er det materielle/innholdsmessige; nemlig hvordan det rettslige gjenforeningsmålet i Den europeiske menneskerettighetskonvensjonen har fått langt større betydning for barnevernstiltak etter omsorgovertakelse. Sørensen stiller spørsmål ved om pendelen kan gå for langt i retning av å ivareta familiens enhet, og gir noen tanker om hvordan en mer rettighetsbasert tilnærming til barnets beste kan fremme en mer balansert avveiing mellom kryssende rettigheter og hensyn.
Foredraget bygger videre på analyser i Sørensens artikkel «Langvarige fosterhjemsplasseringer og forholdsmessighetskravet i EMK art. 8», inntatt i Lov og Rett 2020 s. 103-122.
Christian Børge Sørensen er Fylkesnemndsleder for barnevern og sosiale saker i Rogaland og har tidligere vært ansatt som førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for sosialfag, Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet (Universitetet i Stavanger).
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RDV: The rules of the game: regulations, practices and women's participation in Brazilian politics (Catarina Barbieri)
2022-02-24 14:15 - 15:30
Catarina Barbieri is a Researcher in Gender and Law and holds a PhD (2012) from the University of São Paulo Law School (Brazil). She was a Fox International Fellow at Yale University in 2010-2011 and visiting Doctoral Student at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, in 2011. Barbieri is the editor-in-chief of the online academic journal of São Paulo Law School, Direito GV Law Review. Her research interests include philosophy of law, political philosophy, jurisprudence, private law, feminism, and gender studies. https://direitosp.fgv.br/en/pesquisador/catarina-helena-cortada-barbieri
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Barnevernfrokost: Barneverntjenestens egne betraktninger rundt gjenforeningsmålsettingen (Kjersti Sandanger og Berit Jacobsen)
2022-03-11 09:00 - 09:45
Barneverntjenestens egne betraktninger rundt gjenforeningsmålsettingen
Etter flere dommer i Den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstolen de siste årene står barneverntjenesten i Norge overfor flere dilemmaer knyttet til gjenforeningsformålet etter omsorgsovertakelser. Blant annet innebærer dette utfordrende vurderinger knyttet til biologisk families rett til samvær og avveininger mot hensynet til barnets beste. Hvordan reflekterer barneverntjenesten selv over disse dilemmaene og hva påvirker beslutningene som tas? I dette foredraget vil Kjersti Sandanger belyse flere komplekse problemstillinger tjenesten står overfor knyttet til gjenforeningsmålsettingen og reiser to grunnleggende, reflekterende spørsmål: gjør vi det vi kan, og for hvem?
Kjersti Sandanger er barnevernleder i Sola kommune og styremedlem i NOBO – Norsk barnevernlederorganisasjon.
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RDV: Souverainism, Populism, and the Transformation of the European Court of Human Rights (Mikael Rask Madsen)
2022-03-24 14:15 - 15:30
Mikael Rask Madsen is the Head of the Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts, University of Copenhagen) and Professor at the Faculty of Law. He holds a PhD in Sociology of Law from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and has significant teaching experience from having studied and researched at a number of other leading universities, including Oxford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Strasbourg. Madsen’s research is focused on globalization and the role of legal institutions and professionals in these processes, including: 1) International courts and their evolutions and challenges, 2) The role of legal elites in the globalization, 3) The development of the legal profession, and 4) Legal knowledge and power. He was awarded the Carlsberg Research Prize in 2019, from the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, and the Elite Researcher Prize in 2017, from the Danish Council for Independent Research. https://jura.ku.dk/english/staff/research/?pure=en%2Fpersons%2Fmikael-rask-madsen(5a3e0ceb-fe1a-4030-be3b-1dad882d55f8).html
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