Sunniva Evjen

Sunniva Evjen serves as an Associate Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University's Faculty of Social Sciences within the Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science. Her office is located at Pilestredet 48, 0167 Oslo (Room R428) with contact numbers +47 901 86 626 (mobile) and +47 672 38 044 (office).

Her research focuses on Public Libraries, Information Science, and Cultural Policy with particular emphasis on library services for immigrants and refugees, spatial qualities of school libraries, and the role of libraries in the public sphere. Her work demonstrates strong engagement with both theoretical frameworks like public sphere theory and practical applications in library services during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Evjen leads and participates in significant research projects including Public libraries for immigrants and refugees (PubLIB) - an international research group studying how public libraries address refugee and immigrant needs, and previously contributed to the Political Dynamics of the Cultural Sector (POLYCUL) project examining cultural policy implementation. Her publication record shows consistent output in major library science journals including Journal of Documentation and Information Research.

She actively participates in academic conferences such as the International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (2024), Nordic Conference on Cultural Policy Research (2023), and BOBCATSSS2023. Her dissemination activities include presentations on urban cultural politics, school library environments, and comparative studies of central libraries in Oslo and Helsinki.