The Initiative and the Organizers

The Conference is initiated by a group of researchers from the University of Oslo ,

Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Childwatch International Research Network (CWI), Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Norwegian Centre for Child Research (NOSEB).

The University of Oslo is suggested as the most suitable venue for the event, and the conference has become a core event in the University of Oslo centennial celebration.

The central organizing units at the University of Oslo are the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Education. The Scientific Committee i nvolves researchers from a multidisciplinary field. The conference secretariat is based at The Faculty of Education.