Career
He is presently a professor at the Department of Geography, University of Bergen, and Professor in Global History, University of Oslo, Norway. Tvedt has written and published extensively on the role of water in society and history, and developed influential perspectives on how water-society relations impact societies. See especially his books on the history of the Nile and “A History of Water” series in 9 volumes.
He has also made numerous successful and award-winning television-documentaries on different topics, among them A Journey in the History of Water, The Future of Water, and The Nile Quest.
They have been shown in about 150 countries and been bought by many of the world’s leading television-networks. Selected documentaries include:
2014: The Nile Quest, 3 episodes, (see watervideocom)
2013: De gode bombene, Norsk Rikskringkasting Brennpunkt
2010: En dråpe luksus, television 2, Dokument 2
2007: A Journey in the Future of Water, 3 episodes, TV2/Panopticon, (see wwwwatervideocom)
2007: De hvite hjelperne, television 2, Dokument 2
1997: A Journey in the History of Water, 4 episodes, Norsk Rikskringkasting, (see watervideocom).