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The Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems (06.03.2023)
This handbook, edited by Jill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert and Marit Skivenes, is the largest to date overview of child protection systems across the world. The book describes and analyzes the ways in which 50 countries from every continent, except Antarctica, have developed measures for the protection of children in need of protection against maltreatment prescribed in the UNCRC.
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New master’s programme at the Department of Government (10.02.2023)
This autumn we offer a new and redesigned English master’s programme in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges
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Research assistant at CET (1 year) (09.02.2023)
At Centre for climate and energy transformation (CET) we are looking for a full time research assistant for one year. Deadline March 5th!
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Democratic backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, resilience, and contention (23.01.2023)
Why have most African countries not achieved greater political liberalization? What explains the lack of progress toward the ideals of liberal democracy across the region?
Bilete med ESS-logo, et svakt Europakart, og tekst: "20 år med ESS. Markering av 10 runder og 20 år med data fra European Social Survey i Norge og Europa. 25. januar, Hotel Norge, Bergen"
Twenty years of ESS and new data from Norway (06.01.2023)
We mark European Social Survey’s (ESS) 20th anniversary by holding a seminar at Hotel Norge, Wednesday 25 January, from 0930 to 1700. Department of Government has been national coordinator for the ESS since 2019, and wishes to invite all interested parties to participate at the seminar. Everyone are also invited to a competition on making the best ESS data visualization.
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We are looking for new colleagues! (07.11.2022)
Exciting academic positions at the Department of Government
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MA Politics and Governance of Global Challenges (01.11.2022)
The redesigned Master’s programme in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges explores the complex multi-level governance of global, and often wicked, problems in the contemporary world such as inequality, climate change, migration, or pandemics.
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How do Norwegians feel about climate change? (21.10.2022)
The Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen writes about findings from the Norwegian Citizen Panel regarding how Norwegians feel towards climate change. These findings reveal that sadness is the most common emotion, but in general, we feel little towards climate change.
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Does state building improve state-citizens relations in conflict-affected countries? (20.10.2022)
In a new article, Carlo Koos together with Alexander De Juan, Miquel Pellicer and Eva Wegner show that foreign aid-funded state building projects can improve people’s access to basic services but fail to improve citizens’ attitudes towards the state.
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Can critical policy studies outsmart AI? (26.09.2022)
Regine Paul proposes new research agenda to tackle techno-solutionist hypes in public policy
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Public administration and public management (13.09.2022)
Is there a difference between Public Administration and Public Management as academic fields? In his newly published Chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management, Per Lægreid claims there are no significant differences between the two.
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Vote-buying, anti-corruption campaigns, and identity in African elections (08.09.2022)
Lise Rakner with new article in World Development.
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How do parents argue for their right to care? (08.09.2022)
In this recently published article in the Journal of Social Work, PhD fellow Ida B. Juhasz (DIPA, UiB) examines how parents in child protection proceedings argue their case, defending their right to care for their newborn baby.
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New department name : Department of Government (06.07.2022)
- The new name reflects the range of our research interest, says Head of Department Lise H. Rykkja. The Norwegian name will be Institutt for politikk og forvaltning and the change will take place from August 1st 2022.
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Kappe – what and how? (04.05.2022)
On 3 May Sampol and Admorg jointly organised the seminar "Kappe – tips, tricks and experiences" for all interested PhD candidates at SV
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Determining the Best Interests of the Individual Child (31.03.2022)
Senior Researcher Jenny Krutzinna proposes a new child-centric approach for determining the best interests of the child as an individual.
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The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Norway (22.03.2022)
Together professor emeritus Ivar Bleiklie and professor Svein Michelsen have written a chapter in The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Europe. The chapter investigates the position of academic policy advice in Norway, and in particular the role played by political scientists in policy advice.
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A Central Concept in Institutional Theory (13.10.2021)
Per Lægreid and Tom Christensen write about "The Logic of Appropriateness" in new book celebrating the work of James G. March

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