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

This event is free, open to everyone and will happen in english.

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PROGRAM
18:00-19:30

Tonight’s host: Marie Lindsjørn Nordvik, Head of Department of Child Welfare and Social Work, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Key notes:

18.00-18.15

Bengt Karlsson, Professor emeritus, University of Southeast Norway

Introduction.

Title: Mental health and human rights - in need of a revolution?

18.15-18.25:

Agnete Bersvendsen, lecturer, Department of Child Welfare and Social Work, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Title: Echoes of silence: Exploring an Unheard Story of the Sámi People

18.25- 18.35:

Marius Storvik, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Title: What Kings Without Armies Teach Us

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, USN, Agnete Bersvendsen, UiT, and Marius Storvik, UiT.

together with

Sofia Laine, Professor Finnish Youth Research Society, Helsinki, Finland

Ilse Julkunen, Professor in social work, University of Helsinki, Finland

19.15-19.30:

Q and A with audience