Seminar: Violence in Close Relationships One-day seminar (in English) on the latest prevalence studies concerning violence in close relationships in Norway, Sweden and the EU. 10 th of October 2014 Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) Auditorium 1 st floor. Gullhaugveien 1-3, Nydalen Oslo The latest -3- prevalence studies on violence in close relationships in Norway, Sweden and the EU. Violence and rape in Norway: a national prevalence study of violence during a life course, (2014) report from Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies. Violence and Health in Sweden, (2014) report from The National Center for Knowledge on Men s Violence Against Women, Uppsala University, Sweden. Violence against women: an EU-wide survey, (2014) report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Discussions and reflections: the importance of prevalence studies. How do we interpret the statistics and what can we conclude from them? How can these results influence policy making? Implementation and other practical consequences. This seminar is directed toward researchers, clinicians and practitioners.
Speakers: Friday, 10th of October (morning session) Prevalence studies on violenceexamples from Norway, Sweden and across the EU. Speakers: Friday, 10th of October (afternoon session) Reflections and Discussion: The impact of prevalence studies: Now we have the statistics, so what? Ole Kristian Hjemdal, PhD, Senior researcher at the Norwegian Center for Violence and Stress Studies. His areas of expertise include: violence, treatment of victims of violence, sociology of law. John Devaney, Phd, Senior Lecturer and Director of Education at the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen s University, Belfast, Ireland. His areas of expertise include: social work, sexual violence, child abuse and neglect, child welfare, child maltreatment, family and child policy and sociology. Siri Thoresen, PhD, Senior researcher at the Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies. Her areas of expertise include: violence and trauma, war, disasters, terror, suicide, military- and emergency personnel Mona-Iren Hauge, PhD, Senior researcher and Head of Research Section for Children and Adolescents at the Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies. Her areas of expertise include: children and adolescents, developmental psychology, migration, ethnicity, gender and harmful traditions. Steven Lucas, MD, PhD, Senior Doctor in Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Researcher at the Institute for Women and Children s Health at the National Center for Knowledge on Men s Violence Against Women (NCK), Uppsala University, Sweden. His areas of expertise include: the long-term affects the exposure to; violence, sexual violence and neglect in childhood and adult life has on physical and mental health. Arni Hole, PhD, and BA in History of Economics. Director General for Family Policies, Children and Youth, Equality and Social Inclusion, Head of research in the Research Policy Council of Norway, research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Oslo and one of the founding initiators of our center, NKVTS. Her areas of expertise are: international affairs, family/work life issues, and equality and gender issues.
Sami Nevala, MA in statistics, Head of Sector Statistics and Surveys in Freedoms and Justice Department, at Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), Vienna, Austria. His areas of expertise include: survey research management; statistical analysis and data quality, development of research methods, crime and data collection, violence against women. Inge Nordhaug, Teamleader for violence and sexual violence and clinical social worker in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry, at the Regional Resource Center on Violence, Traumatic Stress and Suicide Prevention (RVTS-West) Bergen, Norway. His areas of expertise include: counselling, collaboration between child protective services and therapists, child protective services expertise and position, building professional networks in local communities, civil liberties and criminal law. Øystein Gullvåg Holter, Professor in Gender Equality Research and Men and Masculine Studies, Center for Gender Research, University of Oslo. His areas of expertise include: gender and equality and discrimination, work/family, men and masculinities, innovation and democratization.
Program Friday October 10th 9.30 10.00 Registration, Coffee/Tea 10.00 10.10 Opening and Welcome Speech, Inger Elise Birkeland, Director, NKVTS. 10.10 12.35 Morning session: Prevalence studies on violence- examples from Norway, Sweden and across the EU: Talks Chair: Solveig Bergman, Head of Research, Violence and Trauma in Adults, NKVTS. 10.10 10.40 Violence and Rape in Norway Ole Kristian Hjemdal PhD & Siri Thoresen PhD, Senior researchers at NKVTS. 10.40 11.10 Violence and Health in Sweden Steven Lucas MD, PhD, Researcher at the National Center for Knowledge on Men s Violence Against Women (NCK), University of Uppsala, Sweden. 11.10 11.25 Break 11.25 11.55 Violence against Women across the EU Sami Nevala, Head of Sector Statistics and Surveys in Freedoms and Justice Department, at Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), Vienna, Austria. 11.55 12.25 The relationship between gender equality and violence; How should we interpret the statistics? Professor Øystein G. Holter, Center for Gender Research, University of Oslo. 12.25 12.35 Discussion 12.35 13.20 Lunch 13.20 15.55 Afternoon session: The impact of prevalence studies: Now that we have the statistics, so what? Chair: Ole Kristian Hjemdal, PhD, senior researcher NKVTS. 13.20 13.50 John Devaney, Phd, Senior Lecturer and Director of Education at the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen s University, Belfast, Ireland. 13.50 14.20 Mona Iren Hauge, PhD, Senior researcher and Head of Research, Section for Children and Adolescents, NKVTS. 14.20 14.35 Break 14.35 15.05 Arni Hole, PhD, Director General for the Department of Family and Equality in the Royal Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion. 15.05 15.35 Inge Norhaug Teamleader and social worker, at the Regional Resource Center on Violence, Traumatic Stress and Suicide Prevention (RVTS-West) Bergen, Norway. 15.35 15.45 Discussion 15.45 15.55 Closing Statement, Arnfinn J. Andersen, Director of Research, NKVTS.
Registration form Seminar: Violence in close relationships. Location: Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress (NKVTS) Auditorium 1st floor, Gullhaugveien 1-3, Nydalen,Oslo Date: October 10, 2014 Time: 9.30 a.m. (9.30) Registration form Name* Title* Place of Work* Address* Telephone number* E-mail* Last date of registration is 10th of September 2014. Registration form is sent by email to j.m.gjerpen@nkvts.unirand.no before September 10, 2014 or by mail to: Jeanne M. Gjerpen Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress (NKVTS) P.b. 181 Nydalen 0409 Oslo Welcome to a one-day seminar on the latest prevalence studies on violence in intimate relationships. How are these studies important and what are their consequences and implementations for policy making.