Norwegian welfare structures and the global social situation are undergoing dramatic changes. This book examines and justifies the need for new thinking about social inequality and justice in today’s society.
Readers are offered new perspectives to support marginalized, excluded and vulnerable groups. The authors analyze which social, economic and ecological challenges – both national and international – are affecting these developments.
Tonight’s program will shed the light on some of the challenges we are experiencing in society today, connected to human rights, social inequality and social injustice.
Link to the book: Nye perspektiver på menneskerettigheter, sosial ulikhet og sosial rettferdighet | Fagbokforlaget Open Access
Program
Tonight’s host
Marie Lindsjørn Nordvik, Head of Department
Department of Child Welfare and Social Work
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
18:00 – 18:15
Introduction
Mental health and human rights – in need of a revolution?
Bengt Karlsson, Professor emeritus,
University of Southeast Norway
18:15 – 18:25
Echoes of silence: Exploring an Unheard Story of the Sámi People
Agnete Bersvendsen, Lecturer
Department of Child Welfare and Social Work
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
18:15 – 18:25
What Kings Without Armies Teach Us
Marius Storvik, Associate Professor
Faculty of Law
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
18:35 – 18:45
Break
18.45- 19.15
Panel debate: A Nordic perspective on human rights, social inequality and social justice
We invite the public to a panel debate where key researchers from the Nordic region will participate in a conversation related to human rights, social inequality and social justice. The following researchers will participate in the debate: Bengt Karlsson, Agnete Bersvendsen, and Marius Storvik, together with Sofia Laine and Isle Julkunen.
Sofia Laine, Professor
Finnish Youth Research Society,
Helsinki, Finland
Ilse Julkunen, Professor in social work
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
19:15 – 19:30
Q&A with the audience
We encourage all EUGLOH- participants and other interested.