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The pains of detainment: Experience of time and coping strategies at immigration detention centres
Sep. 9, 2019
Based on fieldwork conducted at the only immigration detention centre in Norway, Liridona Gashi, Willy Pedersen and Thomas Ugelvik write about time as an important element of the the detainees' coping strategies in an article in Theoretical Criminology.
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Between ‘Scientization’ and a ‘Participatory Turn’. Tracing shifts in the governance of policy advice
Sep. 5, 2019
In an article in Science and Public Policy, Eva Krick, Johan Christensen and Cathrine Holst show that there is an overall shift in temporary policy advisory committees in Norway towards science- and expertise-based governance and towards an increasing openness and public engagement.