Persons in PROTECT
Here you can find an overview of people who contributes to the PROTECT project.
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Project managers
Linda Gröning (PI) Professor of Law, University of Bergen. Gröning is among the leading researchers internationally on criminal responsibility and punishment. She is an expert on Norwegian criminal law, including interdisciplinary, comparative, and empirical dimensions, with special expertise on criminal justice and children. Gröning is also Head of the Research Group on Criminal Justice and Mental Health, and project manager for DIMENSIONS and CHILDCRIM. |
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Marit Skivenes (co-PI) Professor of Political Science, University of Bergen. Skivenes is recognized as one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of child protection systems. She is an expert on the implementation of children’s rights and on child protection in Norway. Skivenes is also the Director of Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, Head of the Research Group on Law, Politics and Welfare, and project manager for CPS-WORLD, LEGITIMACY and PARTICIPATION. |
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Researchers
Siri Gloppen is a Professor of political science at the University of Bergen. Gloppen’s research focuses on the intersection of law and politics, with a particular emphasis on legal mobilization as a political strategy and the courts as arenas for contested political issues. Gloppen is the vice-dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences and leads the CMI-UiB Centre on Law & Social Transformation.
Ingun Fornes is an Associate Professor of law at the University of Bergen. Fornes’ research focuses on criminal law and children’s rights, including sentencing in cases involving children and alternatives to punishment. Fornes is a member of the steering committee for the Nordic Network for Children and Youth in Conflict with the Law and deputy leader of the CHILDCRIM project.
Additionally, two PhD candidates and a postdoctoral researcher will be recruited for the project
Advisory Board
- Prof. Tarja Pöso (Tampere University, Finland)
- Prof. Pernilla Leviner (Stockholm University, Sweden)
- Prof. Anette Storgaard (Aarhus University, Denmark)
- Prof. Stephen Hart (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
- Prof. Jill D. Berrick (UC Berkeley, USA)
- Prof. Johannes Bijlsma (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
- Prof. Morten Holmboe (Norwegian Police University College, Norway)
Stakeholder Reference Group
- Inga Bejer Engh (Assistant director of the Norwegian Police Security Service, previously Children’s Ombudsperson in Norway)
- Mathias Lia Nordmoen (Senior advisor at the Children´s Ombudsperson in Norway)
- Helga Arianson (Former County Doctor in Western Norway, depety manger of the residential unit committee (NOU 2023:24))
- Åsmund Steine (Director of the Youth Unit in Bjørgvin Prison, the Norwegian Correctional Service).
Adnimistration
- Daniel Nygård (Senior Adviser at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen)