Marit Skivenes#
| Membership Number: | 5839 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Marit.Sissel.Irene.Skivenes |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5326-6692 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 - present Professor, Department of Administration and Organisation Theory, University of Bergen
- 2012 - 2013 Associate Professor, Department of Administration and Organisation Theory, University of Bergen
- 2011 - 202. Full Professor (part time: 20%, 10 % from 2019), Department of Welfare and Participation, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) (prev. Bergen University College)
- 2007 - 2012 Senior Researcher, Department of Health and Social Sciences, Bergen University College
- 2004 - 2007 Associate Professor and Head of Centre for Child Welfare, University of Bergen
- 2002 - 2006 Researcher (100 %, *20 % from Nov. 2004), FAFO, Institute for Labour and Social Research, Norway
Fields of Scholarship
- Deliberative democracy and argumentation theory
- Whistle-blowing
- Political theory, social policy and public administration
- Child protection and child welfare systems
- Street-level bureaucracy
- Legitimacy of state institutions
- Decision-making and theory of discretion
- Children's rights
- Paternalism and justification of state interventions
Honours and Awards
- 2016 ERC Consolidator Grant, European Research Council
- 2016 ISW Journal Prize, best article in International Social Work (with co-author K. Križ)
