Book launch: New perspectives on human rights, social inequality and social justice
New perspectives on human rights, social inequality and social justice
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.
This event is free, open to everyone and will happen in english.
Link to the book: Nye perspektiver på menneskerettigheter, sosial ulikhet og sosial rettferdighet.
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 & A with audience