• Digital twins and the ethics of health decision-making concerning children 

  Braun, Matthias; Krutzinna, Jenny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  In this perspective, we explore from an ethical perspective the opportunities and challenges for decision-making concerning children if digital twins (DTs) were to be used to provide better information about their health ...

• Innovating the collection of open-ended answers: The linguistic and content characteristics of written and oral answers to political attitude questions 

  Gavras, Konstantin; Höhne, Jan Karem; Blom, Annelies; Schoen, Harald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  The rapid increase in smartphone surveys and technological developments open novel opportunities for collecting survey answers. One of these opportunities is the use of open-ended questions with requests for oral instead ...

• Parental Freedom in the Context of Risk to the Child: Citizens’ Views of Child Protection and the State in the US and Norway 

  Berrick, Jill Duerr; Skivenes, Marit; Roscoe, Joseph N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Child protection is considered an appropriate government responsibility, but interventions into the family are also some of the most consequential for states. This study examines the normative basis for limiting parents’ ...

• Fylkesnemndas avgjørelser om institusjonsplasseringer av barn og unge – 2021 og 2018 

  Ruiken, Barbara Victoria (Research report, 2022)

• Rethinking Ancient Centers of Learning: Madrasa in a Comparative-Historical Perspective 

  Findikli, Burhan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This study examines the emergence and evolution of madrasa as a specific organizational form of higher learning from a comparative-historical perspective. The article begins by discussing how the madrasa emerged and which ...

• Payments and Penalties for Democracy: Gendered Electoral Financing in Action Worldwide 

  Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Mazur, Amy G.; Hoard, Season (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This article examines the interplay between gendered electoral financing (GEF) and other crucial factors in democratic elections worldwide to determine whether, how, and why these understudied mechanisms help achieve gender ...

• Constitutionalising the Right to Water in Kenya and Slovenia: Domestic Drivers, Opportunity Structures, and Transnational Norm Entrepreneurs 

  Loen, Mathea; Gloppen, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The international norm development that in 2010 culminated with the UN Resolution on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation changed international law. To what extent did this influence the parallel legal developments ...

• Understanding handouts in candidate selection: Challenging party authority in Malawi 

  Chiweza, Asiyati Lorraine; Kayuni, Happy M.; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This article discusses the purposes and drivers of handouts in party primaries in Malawi. We argue that existing explanations of handouts are incomplete because they are developed to identify dynamics in presidential or ...

• Don't send us your waste gases: Public attitudes toward international carbon dioxide transportation and storage in Europe 

  Merk, Christine; Nordø, Åsta Dyrnes; Andersen, Gisle; Lægreid, Ole Martin; Tvinnereim, Endre Meyer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Large-scale deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is part of the pathways for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C and yet, negative public perceptions of CCS have challenged the realization of several projects in ...

• Explaining landscape preference heterogeneity using machine learning-based survey analysis 

  Liu, Xiaozi; Tvinnereim, Endre; Grimsrud, Kristine; Lindhjem, Henrik; Velle, Liv Guri; Saure, Heidi Iren; Lee, Hanna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  We conducted a national survey on a high-quality internet panel to study landscape preferences in Norway, using photos as stimuli. We examined preference heterogeneity with respect to socio-demographic characteristics and ...

• Breaking the cycle: Solidarity with care-leaver mothers 

  Krutzinna, Jenny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Many child protection cases involve care-experienced mothers, which reveals a continuous cycle of mothers who lose their children to social services after having been in state care themselves as children. While the importance ...

• A look into the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: an expert consultation 

  Iftekhar, Emil; Priesemann, Viola; Balling, Rudi; Bauer, Simon; Beutels, Philippe; Calero Valdez, Andre; Cuschieri, Sarah; Czypionka, Thomas; Dumpis, Uga; Glaab, Enrico; Grill, Eva; Hanson, Claudia; Hotulainen, Pirta; Klimek, Peter; Kretzschmar, Mirjam; Krüger, Tyll; Krutzinna, Jenny; Low, Nicola; Machado, Helena; Martins, Carlos; McKee, Martin; Mohr, Sebastian; Nassehi, Armin; Perc, Matjaz; Petelos, Elena; Pickersgill, Martyn; Prainsack, Barbara; Rocklöv, Joacim; Schernhammer, Eva; Staines, Anthony; Szczurek, Ewa; Tsiodras, Sotirios; van gucht, steven; Willeit, Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  How will the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic develop in the coming months and years? Based on an expert survey, we examine key aspects that are likely to influence the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The challenges ...

• Adoption from care in Norway 

  Skivenes, Marit; Helland, Hege Beate Stein (Chapter, 2021)

• In the Best Interest of the Child? Justifying Decisions on Adoption from Care in the Norwegian Supreme Court 

  Helland, Hege Stein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  By utilising theories of deliberation and rational argumentation, this article critically analyses the Norwegian Supreme Court’s best interest decisions in four judgments on adoption from care. How does the Supreme Court ...

• Reasoning between rules and discretion: A comparative study of the normative platform for best interest decision-making on adoption in England and Norway 

  Helland, Hege Stein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This article examines discretionary reasoning in child’s best interest (CBI) assessments in two jurisdictions, England and Norway, in decision concerning adoption from care. The two countries’ systems differ in child ...

• Understanding attachment in decisions on adoption from care in Norway 

  Helland, Hege Stein; Nygård, Sveinung (Chapter, 2021)

• Processes and determining factors when family court judgments are made in England about infants entering care at birth 

  Thoburn, June (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This paper reports on the England part of a research project exploring judicial decision making in eight jurisdictions with respect to care applications in respect of new-born infants. Descriptive data are provided on a ...

• Exploring populations view on thresholds and reasons for child protection intervention – comparing England, Norway, Poland and Romania 

  Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This explorative study examines citizens' views on restricting parental freedom to protect children's rights in England, Norway, Poland and Romania. Are there differences in popular views in these four welfare states with ...

• Faglig begrenset innflytelse, politisk begrenset legitimitet? Om politisering og ekspertifisering 

  Magnussen, Chris Hagen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Denne artikkelen har som mål å undersøke en mulig ekspertifisering av den norske politikkutformingen, samt en eventuell politisering av embetsverket. Dette gjøres gjennom et casestudie av prosessen som ledet fram til ...

• Don’t Touch My Constitution! Civil Society Resistance to Democratic Backsliding in Africa's Pluralist Regimes 

  Rakner, Lise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Analyzing civil society resistance to elite-led democratic backsliding in Africa, the article argues that the non-militant, civil society-based transitions experienced in the 1990s left a legacy of a pro-democracy cleavage ...

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