Barbara Victoria Ruiken
- E-mailbarbara.ruiken@uib.no
- Visitor AddressChristies gate 155007 Bergen
- Postal AddressPostboks 78025020 Bergen
Research coordinator at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism.
Successfully defended my PhD thesis "Discretionary decision-making in child protection care order cases : exploring the tensions between rule of law and discretion" on 16. April 2024. The dissertation was written at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, and supervised by professor Marit Skivenes.
Moderator for Barnevernfrokost, an open webinar series aimed at professionals in the child protection systems and students.
- (2023). A tale of two cases–investigating reasoning in similar cases with different outcomes. European Journal of Social Work.
- (2022). Analyzing decision-maker’s justifications of care orders for newborn children: equal and individualized treatment. Journal of Public Child Welfare.
- (2021). Services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations A study of eight European jurisdictions. Children and Youth Services Review.
- (2022). Fylkesnemndas avgjørelser om institusjonsplasseringer av barn og unge – 2021 og 2018. .
- (2019). Mot et Barneperspektiv i Barnevernet: En studie av implementeringen av programmet Mitt Liv Barnevern . .
- (2021). Støtte til mødre og nyfødte i sårbare situasjoner.
- (2023). A Tale of Two Cases - Investigating Reasoning in Similar Cases with Different Outcomes.
- (2021). Services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations.
- (2021). Analysing decision-maker’s justifications of care orders for newborn children.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
PhD dissertation
Ruiken, B. (2024). Discretionary decision-making in child protection care order cases : exploring the tensions between rule of law and discretion. Universitetet i Bergen.
Peer-reviewed publications
Ruiken, B. (2023). A tale of two cases – investigating reasoning in similar cases with different outcomes. European Journal of Social Work, 0(0), 1–18.
Ruiken, B. (2022). Analyzing decision-maker’s justifications of care orders for newborn children: Equal and individualized treatment. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 0(0), 1–24.
Luhamaa, K., McEwan-Strand, A., Ruiken, B., Skivenes, M., Wingens, F. (2020). Services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations A study of eight European jurisdictions. Children and Youth Services Review
Reports
Ruiken, B. (2022) Fylkesnemndas avgjørelser om institusjonsplasseringer av barn og unge – 2021 og 2018. Bergen: Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, University of Bergen.
Ruiken, B. (2022) Fylkesnemndenes avgjørelser om omsorgsovertakelser av barn og unge: Kartlegging fra årene 2021, 2018, og 2008. Bergen: Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, University of Bergen.