Pernilla Leviner

About

Born: 1973
Currently lives in: Stockholm
Jury member since: 2024

Pernilla Leviner is a Professor of Public Law with a focus on children's rights and social law at the Faculty of Law at Stockholm University. Her research is focused on children's rights and living conditions, legal relationships between the state, family, and the individual, as well as the responsibilities and powers of authorities. In addition to conducting research and teaching at the university, Pernilla has in recent years had several assignments as an expert in legislative inquiries.

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Rewarding the highest-quality work demands an expert knowledge of international children’s and YA literature as well as children’s rights and children’s reading. The twelve-member expert jury has the challenging but pleasant task of evaluating some of the world's most prominent candidates each year and selecting a laureate.

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