Past events
It has become a tradition that NFU every year on the General Assembly decides on a theme for the Annual Conference.
Usually, a Norwegian research institution or university further proposes a topic, secures scientific quality within that topic, and takes care of the practical arrangement.
The NFU Annual Conferences are funded by the Norwegian Research Council / The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
| 2011 |
Future of Development Research: Exploring the Nordic perspective(s)?, with sister Nordic Development Research Associations, institutions and organisations. Copenhagen Business School, 24-25 November 2011 |
| 2010 | Rethinking crises. Vulnerability, Community and State in Development Research, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Diakonhjemmet University College, and Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo, 25-26 November 2010 |
| 2009 | The New Global Setting: Development Challenges and Alternatives, University of Agder, Kristiansand, 23-24 November 2009 |
| 2008 | Nation States, Forced Migration and Human Rights, Globalisation Programme - Department of Geography, NTNU, Trondheim, 27-28 November 2008 |
| 2007 | Making Institutions Work for the Poor, The Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), 05-06 November 2007 |
| 2006 | Ethics, Human Rights and Development, SUM, University of Oslo, 13-15 September 2006 |
| 2005 | Transforming Landscapes of Poverty - Resources, Rights and Conflicts, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 20-21 June 2005 |
| 2004 | Education, Knowledge and Development, University of Bergen. 30 Sept - 01 Oct 2004 |
| 2003 | Politics and Poverty, NIBR, 23-24 October 2003 |
| 2002 | Developing Countries and the Network Revolution: Leapfrogging or Marginalization? NTNU, 14-15 November 2002 |
| 2001 | Diversity in Development - Universal and Local Discourses, SEMUT, University of Tromsø, 13-14 November 2001 |
| 2000 | The State under Pressure, CMI, 05-06 October 2000 |
| 1999 | Konflikt og utvikling - Conflict and Development, NUPI |
| 1998 | Development Ethics, University of Oslo |
| 1997 | People, food and environment - 200 years after Malthus, Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 12-13 June 1997 |
| 1995 | Agricultural Productivity and Economic Development, University of Trondheim, Centre for Environment and Development, 06-08 June 1995 |
| 1994 | Knowledge and Development, University of Tromsø, 27-29 May 1994 |
| 1993 | State and Locality, Oslo-Mastemyr, 18-20 June 1993 |
| 1992 | (title to come), CMI, Bergen, 22 May 1992 |
| 1991 | Natural Resource Use and Changing Society - Interdiciplinart Approaches to Development, Agricultural University of Norway, Noragric, Ås, 23-24 May 1991 |
| 1990 | (No NFU-conference due to the EADI conference being arranged in Oslo.) |
| 1988 | Forskningsformidling - Popularization and dissemination of research results, University of Tromsø, the 5th Annual Conference, 05-07 May 1988 |
| 1987 | Socialist Development Strategies in the Third World, Bergen, 24-26 April 1987 |
| 1986 | (title to come), Agricultural University of Norway, Section Asker, 22-24 May 1986 |
| 1985 | Development Theory and Development Strategy, Bergen, 19-21 April 1985. (Report title: Development Theory and Lessons from Recent Development) |
| 1984 | Research, Aid and Development, the First Annual Conference of the Norwegian Association for Development Research, Bergen, 06-08 April 1984 |