Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am a PhD candidate in political history specialised in welfare state history and intellectual and conceptual history. In my forthcoming dissertation, For the Society, Nation and Folk: Non-Governmental Organisations, Public Policy and Expertise in 1930s–60s Finland (in Finnish), I study Finnish social and health policy organisations as public policy experts and policy actors. The objective is to highlight how Finnish NGOs have played an important part in the contingent construction process of the Finnish welfare state during the 1930s–1960s.
The studied organisations are the Finnish Population and Family Welfare League (Väestöliitto), the Public Health Organisation of Swedish Finland (Samfundet Folkhälsan), the Finnish Federation for Social Welfare (Sosiaalihuollon Keskusliitto) and the Social Policy Association in Finland (Sosiaalipoliittinen yhdistys). I analyse how these actors have constructed social phenomena into social problems, as well as how they have constructed their expertise and utilised it as an instrument for political power.
My supervisors are Professor Pauli Kettunen (political history) and Associate Professor Johan Strang (Nordic studies). My work has been funded by the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and Kone Foundation.
My research interests include knowledge and expertise, social inequality and social policy, gender history, history of medicine and health policy, urban history and housing policy as well as non-governmental organisations.
Education/Academic qualification
Political History, Master of Social Sciences
1 Aug 2010 → 30 Jan 2013
Political History, Bachelor of Social Sciences
1 Aug 2006 → 23 Jun 2010
Fields of Science
- 5201 Political History
- 5142 Social policy
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
From barracks to garden cities: The Finnish Population and Family Welfare League as a housing policy expert in the 1940s and 1950s
Bergenheim, S., 2020, In : Science & technology studies. 33, 2, p. 120-138 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Helping troubled children and cultivating the race: The mental hygienic guidance centres of the Public Health Association of Swedish Finland, 1930s–1950s
Bergenheim, S., 25 Jun 2019, In : Social History of Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Cherishing the health of the people: Finnish non-governmental expert organisations as constructors of public health and the ‘people’
Bergenheim, S., 1 Mar 2018, Conceptualising Public Health: Historical and Contemporary Struggles Over Key Concepts. Kananen, J., Bergenheim, S. & Wessel, M. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 101–118 18 p. (Routledge Studies in Public Health).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Conceptualising public health: An introduction
Bergenheim, S. M. C., Edman, J., Kananen, J. K. & Wessel, M., 2018, Conceptualising Public Health : Historical and Contemporary Struggles over Key Concepts. Kananen, J., Bergenheim, S. & Wessel, M. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 1–17 17 p. (Routledge Studies in Public Health).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Conceptualising Public Health: Historical and Contemporary Struggles over Key Concepts
Kananen, J. K. (ed.), Bergenheim, S. M. C. (ed.) & Wessel, M. (ed.), 1 Mar 2018, Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 227 p. (Routledge Studies in Public Health)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
Syntyvyyden politiikka, seksuaalisuuden asiantuntijat ja inhimilliset kokemukset sotien jälkeisessä Suomessa
Kuusi, H., Bergenheim, S., Frisk, M., Taavetti, R., Keski-Petäjä, M., Rojola, J. & Sutinen, A.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
Activities
HEX Conference 2020
Sophy Bergenheim (Speaker: Presenter)3 Mar 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Teknik- och vetenskapshistoriska dagar
Sophy Bergenheim (Speaker: Presenter)27 Mar 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Historisk tidskrift för Finland (Journal)
Sophy Bergenheim (Reviewer)2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
European Association for the History of Medicine and Health conference 2019
Sophy Bergenheim (Speaker: Presenter)28 Aug 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
27th Nordic Medical History Congress
Sophy Bergenheim (Speaker: Presenter)25 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press / Media
Hyvissä aikeissa: Dokumenttisarja rodunjalostuksen historiasta Suomessa (In Good Faith: A documentary series on racial hygiene in Finland)
14/01/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
“Olemme liian pieni kansa” – Syntyvyys on laskenut jo seitsemän vuotta: Ovatko suomalaisten perheihanteet muuttuneet pysyvästi?” (“We are too small a people” – Birth rates in decline for seven years: Have Finns’ family ideals changed for good?)
16/07/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Då vi mätte skallar (When we measured crania)
29/05/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media