Terje Tvedt (born 24 August 1951) is a Norwegian academic, author and documentary film maker.

Tvedt is presently a professor at the Department of Geography, University of Bergen, and Professor in Global History, University of Oslo, Norway. He has previously been a professor of political science and development studies.uib.no Tvedts homepage University of Bergen,

Career and work Tvedt has published extensively on world history and water, colonial history and the international development aid system. He has also written on the Norwegian modern history of ideas with an emphasis on dominant worldviews in the era of development aid.Tvedt's publication, see https://wo.cristin.no/as/WebObjects/cristin.woa/14/wa/personVis?type=PERSON&bruker=gsutt&la=en&instnr=184 His books on Norwegian history has created very much discussions and public interest in Norway. His books have been translated into a number of languages, as Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Serbian, Swedish, and Ukrainian.

Tvedt has written and presented a number of award-winning TV-documentaries shown all over the world. 'A Journey in the History of Water'. This film won the first prize as the best environmental documentary in the world in 1998, see, 17th Festival International du Film d´Environment, Paris The Future of Water, and The Nile Quest deal with world history and water. His other documentaries deal with development aid and the international aid system (in Norwegian). The films have been bought by networks like National Geographic, Discovery, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Documentary channel and Netflix. See the YouTube channel on Water and World History.

Awards Tvedt has received several awards for his research, such as the Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science, the Article of the Year – The Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize and the Fritt Ord Prize.

Bibliography Selected non-Norwegian book titles:

Tvedt, Terje, The Nile. History's Greatest River, London: IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, 2021. Tvedt, Terje, Water and Society. Changing Perspectives of Societal and Historical Development. London: IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, 2021. Tvedt, Terje. Der Nil. Fluss der Geschichte, Berlin: Links, 2021 Tvedt, Terje, Series Editor, A History of Water, (12 volumes, 3 series) London: IB Tauris, 2006-2016). Tvedt, Terje and Terje Oestigaard, T. (eds). A History of Water: Series III : Vol. III: 'Water and Food – From hunter-gatherers to global production in Africa. (Series Editor, Terje Tvedt), London: IB Tauris. 2016. Tvedt, Terje, O. McIntyre, and T.K. Woldetsadik, T. K. (eds). A History of Water: Series III : Vol. II: Sovereignty and International Water Law. (Series Editor Terje Tvedt), London: IB Tauris ()., 2015. Tvedt, Terje and Terje Oestigaard, T. (eds.) A History of Water: Series III : Vol. I: 'Water and Urbanization. (Series Editor, Terje Tvedt), London: IB Tauris (), 2014 Tvedt, Terje, A Journey in the Future of Water. I.B. Tauris, London/New York.2016.Review of A Journey in the Future of Water: Nathanial Matthews (2014), International Affairs, Tvedt, Terje, G. Chapman and R. Hagen (eds). A History of Water: Series II : Vol III: Water, Geopolitics and the New World Order. (Series Editor Terje Tvedt), London: I.B. Tauris (). 2011. Tvedt, Terje and R. Coopey (eds.) (A History of Water: Series II : Vol. II: Rivers and Society: From early Civilizations to Modern Times. (Series Editor Terje Tvedt), London: Tauris. (). 2011. Tvedt, Terje and T Oestigaard, (eds.) (2010). A History of Water: Series II : Vol. I: Ideas of Water From Ancient Societies to the Modern World. (Series Editor Terje Tvedt), London: I.B. Tauris 2010 (). 2011. Tvedt, Terje (ed), The River Nile in the post-colonial Age: conflict and cooperation among the Nile Basin countries. London: IB Tauris (). 2010. Opku-Mensah, Paul, David Lewis and Terje Tvedt (eds). Reconceptualising NGOs and their roles in Development: NGOs, Civil Society and the International Aid System. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag. (). 2007. Tvedt, Terje and Terje Østigård (Red): A History of Water: Series I : Vol. III: The World of Water. (Series editor Terje Tvedt), London: Tauris (). 2006. Tvedt, Terje, The River Nile in the Age of the British. Political Ecology and the Quest for Economic Power. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press (). (Re-published in paperback version in 2017, New York: Macmillan, London: IB. Tauris). Coopey, Richard and Terje Tvedt (eds) A History of Water: series I: Vol. II: The Political Economy of Water. (Series editor Terje Tvedt), London: Tauris. (). 2006. Tvedt, Terje and E. Jakobsson (eds).A History of Water: series I: Vol. I: Water Control and River Biographies. (Series editor Terje Tvedt), London: Tauris (), 2006. Tvedt, Terje, The River Nile in the Age of the British. Political Ecology and the Quest for Economic Power. London: Tauris. (). (Translated into, and published in Arabic, Cairo 2018). Tvedt, Terje, The River Nile: An annotated bibliography. (2nd edition), London: IB Tauris. (), 2004. Tvedt, Terje et al. Southern Sudan: An Annotated Bibliography (2 Vols.), London: Tauris (). 2004.Review of An Annotated Bibliography on the Southern Sudan: Richard Gray (2002), J. African Hist., ; Mark Leopold (2003), African Affairs, Tvedt, Terje, Angels of Mercy or Development Diplomats? NGOs & Aid. Oxford: James Currey Publishers (). 1998.Reviews of Angels of Mercy or Development Diplomats?: Jonathan Derrick (1999), J. Modern African Studies, ; Adam Habib (2003), Voluntas, Sharif Harir and Terje Tvedt (eds). A short cut to decay: the case of the Sudan. Uppsala: Nordiske Afrikainstituttet, () (Republished in Arabic, Cairo 1996). 1994. Tvedt, Terje, (ed.) Conflicts in the Horn of Africa: human and ecological consequences of warfare (red). . Uppsala: EPOS, ().1993.Reviews of Conflicts in the Horn of Africa: Reidulf K. Molvœr (1994), J. Peace Research, ; James Quirin (1997), Int. J. African Historical Studies, ;

TV documentaries

Selected documentaries include:

2014: The Nile Quest, 3 episodes, (Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation/PanopticonThe film is available on Amazon Prime 2013: The Good Bombs, NRK BrennpunktThe film is available here, NRK, https://tv.nrk.no/serie/brennpunkt/2013/MDUP11000513 2010: A Drop of Luxury, TV 2, Dokument 2 2007: The Future of Water, 3 episodes, TV2/PanopticonThe film is available here, Amazon Prime, https://www.amazon.com/The-Future-of-Water/dp/B07N14YWSP 1997: A Journey in the History of Water, 4 episodes, Nowegain Broadcasting CooperationThe film is available here, Tvedt's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCsTjcLEqZErWXnPPZuaDiK8nMeRXOBZ2

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