Sunniva Engh

Sunniva Engh is Associate Professor of History, affiliated with the interdisciplinary strategic research area UiO:Nordic.
Engh holds a DPhil in Modern History from the University of Oxford (2006), with the dissertation 'Population Control in the 20th Century: Scandinavian Aid to the Indian Family Planning Programme'. She also holds an MPhil in Economic and Social History (2000), University of Oxford. Engh was a postdoctoral fellow with the project 'Den norske fredstradisjonen' at the Forum for contemporary history, IAKH, University of Oslo from 2006. She was Fulbright Research Fellow at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Relations at the City University of New York. From 2012, Engh was a senior fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) and their Centre for Asian Security Studies, with the projects 'Myanmar in Indian security policy' and 'China in Indian strategic thinking'.
Research interests
My research interests include Norwegian and Nordic foreign policy and international engagement, the idea of the 'Nordic Model' in international politics, the international history of development aid, population policy and global health, India's foreign and security policy, and Myanmar and great power relations in Asia.
Teaching and supervision
- The 'Nordic Model', and Nordic countries' international engagement and development aid
- International and Scandinavian population policies and aid
- The history of global health
- Modern South Asian history, India-China relations and Myanmar's political history
- HIS4050 Historieformidling
- HIS4230 Introduction to International History
- HIS4231 Norge - et rikt, lite land i verden
- MITRA4001 Reading course 1: Global Population Issues
Research projects at IAKH
- The book project 'Scandinavia and South Asian population control, 1950-1995'
- Project leader, Nordic Civil Societies: Global, Transnational and Regional Encounters since 1800, funded by UiO:Nordic
- Participant in the interdisciplinary project Nordic Branding, funded by UiO:Nordic
Recent publications
- Engh, Sunniva (2021), 'The Nordic model in international development aid. Explanation, experience and export' in Haldor Byrkjeflot, Lars Mjøset, Mads Mordhorst & Klaus Petersen (eds.), The Making and Circulation of Nordic Models, Ideas and Images, Routledge, pp. 124-142. Available Open Access here.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). 'Transatlantiske forbindelser i mellomkrigstidens helsearbeid: Rockefeller Foundation, public health og norsk sykepleierutdanning' in Bård Frydenlund, Torleif Rosager Hamre & Andre Larsen Avelin (eds.),Transatlantiske forbindelser. Norsk-amerikanske relasjoner gjennom 200 år. Scandinavian Academic Press, pp. 99-134.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). 'Norge i Afghanistan 2001-2014. Engasjementspolitikken møter sikkerhetspolitikken', in Helge Øystein Pharo, Sunniva Engh, Kjell Inge Bjerga, Gunnar D. Hatlehol & Kristine Offerdal (eds.), Historiker, strateg og brobygger. Festskrift til Rolf Tamnes 70 år, Pax Forlag, pp. 324–348.
- Engh, Sunniva (2020), 'India’s China Policy under Modi: Growing Co-operation, Enduring Disagreement, Increasing Rivalry' in Jo Inge Bekkevold and S. Kalyanaraman (eds.), India's Great Power Politics: Managing china's Rise, Routledge, pp. 75-100.
- Engh, Sunniva (2020), 'Georg Borgström and the population-food dilemma. Reception and consequences in Norwegian public debate in the 1950s and 1960s in Johan Östling; David Larsson Heidenblad & Niklas Olsen (eds.), Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia. Actors, Arenas and Aspirations, Routledge, pp. 39 - 58. Available Open Access here.
- Engh, Sunniva (2019), Rockefeller Foundation og etableringen av Statens institutt for folkehelsen. Idéer, investeringer og institusjonsbygging i internasjonal helse 1923–1935, i Michael 16(1), pp. 10- 35. Available Open Access here.
- Engh, Sunniva og Bekkevold, Jo Inge (2017), Silk Road Diplomacy: China's Strategic Interests in South Asia, in Sten Rynning (ed.), South Asia and the Great Powers: International Relations and Regional Security, I.B. Tauris, pp. 147 - 173
Publications
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). The ‘Nordic model’ in international development aid. Explanation, experience and export. In Byrkjeflot, Haldor; Mjøset, Lars; Mordhorst, Mads & Petersen, Klaus (Ed.), The Making and Circulation of Nordic Models, Ideas and Images. Routledge. ISSN 9781003156925. p. 124–142. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.4324/9781003156925. Full text in Research Archive
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Transatlantiske forbindelser i mellomkrigstidens helsearbeid: Rockefeller Foundation, public health og norsk sykepleierutdanning . In Frydenlund, Bård; Hamre, Torleif Rosager & Avelin, Andre Larsen (Ed.), Transatlantiske forbindelser. Norsk-amerikanske relasjoner gjennom 200 år. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 9788230402764. p. 99–134.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Norge i Afghanistan 2001-2014. Engasjementspolitikken møter sikkerhetspolitikken. In Pharo, Helge Øystein; Engh, Sunniva; Bjerga, Kjell Inge; Hatlehol, Gunnar D. & Offerdal, Kristine (Ed.), Historiker, strateg og brobygger. Festskrift til Rolf Tamnes 70 år. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253042534. p. 324–348.
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Engh, Sunniva (2020). India’s China Policy under Modi: Growing Co-operation, Enduring Disagreement, Increasing Rivalry. In Bekkevold, Jo Inge & Kalyanaraman, S. (Ed.), India's Great Power Politics. Managing China's Rise. Routledge. ISSN 9780367682866. p. 75–100.
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Engh, Sunniva (2020). Georg Borgström and the population-food dilemma. Reception and consequences in Norwegian public debate, 1950s and 1960s. In Östling, Johan; Olsen, Niklas & Larsson Heidenblad, David (Ed.), Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia. Actors, Arenas, and Aspirations. Routledge. ISSN 9780367894559. p. 39–58. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.4324/9781003019275.
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Engh, Sunniva (2019). Rockefeller Foundation og etableringen av Statens institutt for folkehelsen. Idéer, investeringer og institusjonsbygging i internasjonal helse 1923-35. Michael. ISSN 1893-9651. 16(1), p. 10–35.
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Engh, Sunniva & Bekkevold, Jo Inge (2017). Silk Road Diplomacy: China's Strategic Interests in South Asia. In Rynning, Sten (Eds.), South Asia and the Great Powers: International Relations and Regional Security. I.B. Tauris. ISSN 9781784537531. p. 147–173.
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Engh, Sunniva & Vik, Hanne Hagtvedt (2013). Utviklingshjelp - idealisme og stormaktspolitikk. In Waage, Hilde Henriksen; Tamnes, Rolf & Vik, Hanne Hagtvedt (Ed.), Krig og fred i det lange 20. århundre. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-43191-4. p. 333–355.
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Engh, Sunniva (2013). The Rockefeller Foundation, Scandinavian Aid Agencies and the "Population Explosion". In Petersen, Klaus; Stewart, John & Kuur Sørensen, Michael (Ed.), American Foundations and the European Welfare States. Syddansk Universitetsforlag. ISSN 9788776746100. p. 181–202.
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Engh, Sunniva (2009). The Conscience of the World? Swedish and Norwegian Provision of Development Aid. Itinerario: International Journal on the History of European Expansion and Global Interaction. ISSN 0165-1153. 33(02), p. 65–82. Show summary
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Engh, Sunniva & Pharo, Helge (2009). Nordic cooperation in providing development aid. In Götz, Norbert & Haggrén, Heidi (Ed.), Regional Cooperation and International Organizations. The Nordic model in transnational alignment. Routledge. ISSN 978-0-415-45964-8. p. 112–130.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). From northern feminists to southern women. Scandinavian population aid to India. In Pharo, Helge & Fraser, Monika Pohle (Ed.), The Aid Rush. Aid Regimes in Northern Europe during the Cold War Volume 1. Unipub forlag. ISSN 9788274772939. p. 253–283.
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Engh, Sunniva (2007). Worlds Apart? Scandinavian Aid Agencies and Women in Development. In Folke Ax, Christina; Folke Henningsen, Anne; Thode Jensen, Niklas; Koivunen, Leila & Syrjamaa, Taina (Ed.), Encountering Foreign Worlds - Experiences at Home and Abroad. University of Iceland Press. ISSN 978-9979-54-755-6. p. 145–165.
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Engh, Sunniva (2007). Det internasjonale folkhemmet? Styringsmentalitet i velferdsstat og bistand. In Hagemann, Gro; Elgán, Elisabeth & Florin, Christina (Ed.), Den självstyrande medborgaren? Ny historia om rättvisa, demokrati och välfärd. Institutet för Framtidsstudier. ISSN 978-91-85619-03-0. p. 131–155.
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Pharo, Helge Øystein; Engh, Sunniva; Bjerga, Kjell Inge; Hatlehol, Gunnar D. & Offerdal, Kristine (2021). Historiker, strateg og brobygger. Festskrift til Rolf Tamnes 70 år. Pax Forlag. ISBN 9788253042534. 500 p.
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Buns, Melina Antonia; Engh, Sunniva & Witcombe, Nicola (2022). Nordic Cooperation: Self-interest or Altruism? . [Internet]. nordics.info Podcast Series. Show summary
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Det finnes ikke en særegen nordisk form for bistand. [Newspaper]. Forskning.no.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Konstruksjonen av Norden: Nordisk bistand. [Internet]. Nasjonalbiblioteket og UiO:Norden.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Activism and security in Scandinavian international engagement. Lessons from Afghanistan 2001-2004.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Internasjonalt helsesamarbeid, filantropiske organisasjoner, Folkeforbundet, FN og Norge.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). The Nordic Model: Historical Perspectives.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Folkehelsen og filantrokapitalismen. [Newspaper]. Morgenbladet.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Roundtable: Nordic Global History - Prospects and Pitfalls (Roundtable participant).
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Karl Evang in India 1953: the WHO and social medicine.
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Engh, Sunniva (2021). Karl Evang and the 1953 WHO Visiting Team of Medical Scientists to India.
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Engh, Sunniva (2020). Georg Borgström og befolknings- og ressursdilemmaet, 1950- og 1960-tallet.
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Engh, Sunniva; Hølaas, Sondre; Langford, Malcolm & Sandvik, Hilde (2020). Universitetsplassen LIVE: Norden i verden. [Internet]. Universitetsplassen LIVE.
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Engh, Sunniva & Brenna, Anders (2020). Miljøengasjement i norsk historie. [Internet]. Norgeshistorie podkast.
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Engh, Sunniva & Berg, Andrea (2020). Kina tester grenser - uenigheter kan blusse opp. [Newspaper]. ABC nyheter.
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Engh, Sunniva & Jakobsen, Siw Ellen (2020). The border between Norway and Sweden is closed for the first time since 1954. Will the pandemic ruin their special friendship? [Internet]. ScienceNorway.no.
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Engh, Sunniva & Hansen, Ane Bjølgerud (2020). Dagens unge er ikke de første som brenner for miljøsaken. [Internet]. Forskning.no.
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Engh, Sunniva & Lilleslåtten, Mari (2020). Koronahåndteringen slår sprekker i bildet av et enhetlig Norden. [Internet]. Forskning.no.
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Engh, Sunniva & Lilleslåtten, Mari (2020). US oil money kick-started the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. [Internet]. ScienceNorway.no.
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Engh, Sunniva & Lilleslåtten, Mari (2020). Folkehelseinstitutet ble etablert med amerikanske oljepenger. [Internet]. Forskning.no.
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Engh, Sunniva (2020). Kommer vi til å bli like gode venner med Sverige igjen? [Internet]. Forskning.no.
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Engh, Sunniva (2019). Rockefeller Foundation og etableringen av Statens institutt for folkehelsen.
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Engh, Sunniva (2019). Rockefeller Foundation og etableringen av Statens institutt for folkehelsen. Idéer, investeringer og institusjonsbygging i internasjonal helse, 1923-1935.
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Engh, Sunniva (2019). Roundtable on Changing Power Balances and Global Competition (Roundtable participant).
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Engh, Sunniva (2018). Velferdsstaten fra vugge til grav i tre generasjoner.
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Engh, Sunniva (2018). Nordisk solidaritet med utviklingslandene og miljøspørsmål.
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Engh, Sunniva (2018). The Nordics and the postwar population-resource quandary.
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Engh, Sunniva (2017). New directions in the study of Norden.
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Engh, Sunniva (2017). Fortellinger om Norge.
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Engh, Sunniva (2017). Scandinavian visions of modernity, development and population.
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Engh, Sunniva (2017). Branding Nordic development co-operation. Nordic aid, historians, and branding.
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Engh, Sunniva (2017). The Nordic Model in development aid.
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Engh, Sunniva (2017). The Nordic Model in international politics.
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Engh, Sunniva (2017). Fra vugge til grav i tre generasjoner.
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Engh, Sunniva (2017). Scandinavian aid to South Asian Population Control, 1950-1995. Modernity Misconceived?
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Engh, Sunniva (2016). The history of development and humanitarian studies in Norway.
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Engh, Sunniva (2016). Indian interests in Myanmar.
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Engh, Sunniva (2016). India's Security Policy and the China Factor.
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Engh, Sunniva (2016). India's Myanmar Policy and the "Sino-Indian Great Game". Asian Affairs. ISSN 0306-8374. 47(1), p. 32–58. doi: 10.1080/03068374.2015.1130307.
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Engh, Sunniva (2015). Utviklingssamarbeid, 1945-2015.
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Engh, Sunniva & Pharo, Helge Ø. (2015). Den nordiske modellen i nordisk bistandssamarbeid.
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Engh, Sunniva (2015). Kinesere håner eliten i Beijing: For veikt svar til Myanmar. [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
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Engh, Sunniva (2015). Oxford-Cambridge regattaen 2015 - et stort steg for kvinneidrett. Dagbladet. ISSN 0805-3766.
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Engh, Sunniva (2012). Dagsnytt Atten. [Radio]. NRK P2.
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Engh, Sunniva & Bekkevold, Jo Inge (2012). Snur seg mot vest. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372. p. 42–42.
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Engh, Sunniva & Bekkevold, Jo Inge (2012). Globale konkurrenter. Dagsavisen. ISSN 1503-2892. p. 4–4.
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Engh, Sunniva (2012). India og Kinas samarbeid. Forsvarets forum. ISSN 0809-845X. p. 57–57.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Bistandens nærsynthet. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 38–39.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Idealisten Egeland. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. 2, p. 36–38.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Norsk bistand til sterilisering av indere. [Radio]. Mariannes morgen, Kanal 24.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Norges mørke historie. [Newspaper]. Ny Tid.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Kontroversiell sterilisering. [Newspaper]. Ny Tid.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Sterilisera dom fattiga! [Newspaper]. Arena.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Norad betalte for sterilisering. [Newspaper]. Dagbladet.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Norad tonet ned det kontroversielle: brutal massesterilisering av indere. [Newspaper]. Apollon.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Scandinavian assistance to family planning programmes in India, 1965-95. Acceptability in development aid.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Apostel fra en fredsnasjon? - om Trygve Lie og hvordan FN ble et mantra i norsk utenrikspolitisk retorikk.
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Tønnesson, Øyvind & Engh, Sunniva (2008). Problemstillinger og perspektiver i en studie av “den norske fredstradisjonen”.
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Engh, Sunniva (2008). Scandinavian and American co-operation on family planning in developing countries.
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Engh, Sunniva (2007). Fra flyktninghjelp til engasjementspolitikk. Kirkens Nødhjelps historie. Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-2176. p. 198–204.
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Engh, Sunniva (2007). Worlds Apart? Scandinavian Aid Agencies and Women in Development.
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Engh, Sunniva (2007). Befolkningskontroll, bistand og velferdsstat: de skandinaviske landenes møte med ’befolkningseksplosjonen’.
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Engh, Sunniva (2007). En humanitær stormakt blir til? Fra norsk utviklingshjelps historie.
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Engh, Sunniva (2006). Population control, Scandinavian Aid and Indian Family Planning. Wellcome History. ISSN 1477-4860. 31.
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Vik, Hanne Hagtvedt & Engh, Sunniva (2006). Dårlig klima for debatt. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. p. 5–5.
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Engh, Sunniva & Vik, Hanne Hagtvedt (2006). Manglende vilje til debatt i UD. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
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Engh, Sunniva (2006). Northern Feminists and Southern Women: Scandinavia's 'special role' in family planning aid.
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Engh, Sunniva (2006). Bistand: kristelig og humanitær 'snillisme,' eller maktpolitisk instrument?
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Engh, Sunniva & Pharo, Helge (2006). 'Scandinavian Aid Co-operation - Promises to Keep?'.
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Engh, Sunniva (2006). 'Northern Feminists and Southern Women: Scandinavian aid to the Indian Family Planning Programme 1970-95'.
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Engh, Sunniva (2006). 'On a Different Journey: early Scandinavian Development Aid'.
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Engh, Sunniva (2006). 'Northern Feminists and Southern Women: Scandinavian aid to the Indian Family Planning Programme'.
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Engh, Sunniva (2006). 'Scandinavian Development Aid and the Welfare State Utopia - a folkhem for all?'.
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Engh, Sunniva (2006). 'Development Aid History - Lessons in Good Governance?'.
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Engh, Sunniva (2006). Population Control in the 20th Century: Scandinavian Aid to the Indian Family Planning Programme. University of Oxford.