Pernilla Leviner

Pernilla Leviner is a Professor of Public Law and Vice Dean for Education at Stockholm University's Faculty of Law. As Director of the Stockholm Centre for the Rights of the Child, she leads interdisciplinary research on child rights. Her work bridges legal theory and practice through empirical studies of child protection systems.

• Research focus on children's rights in migration contexts
• Editor of Stockholm Studies in Child Law and Nordic Social Law Journal

Her research interests include:

• Comparative analysis of child protection systems
• Legal implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Age discrimination in legal frameworks
• Judicial balancing of family autonomy vs. child rights

Recent publications examine child participation in welfare systems, legal invisibility in economic support cases, and migration law implications for non-citizen children. The works emphasize the tension between state obligations and practical implementation gaps.

As course responsible for foundational and specialized courses in public law, administrative law, and family law, she shapes legal education while leading doctoral training in Kreativitet, strategi och etik i rättsvetenskap.