The link below provides a detailed recap of the events that have taken place in the NFU during the past year.
Open Call to History NorDev2025
🌐 Exciting News: NorDev Conference 2025 🚀
Hey NorDev community! 🎉 We’ve got some thrilling news to share – the opportunity to host the NorDev Conference 2025 is knocking on your door!
NFU is looking for partners to host the Conference in Norway!
Event: Book Launch in Oslo
Next week the “Handbook of International Development and the Environment“, which was edited by Benedicte Bull og Mariel Aguilar-Støen, is having its book launch in Oslo in an event open to all.
The event is being co-organized by SUM, NFU and UHR-Samfunnsfag.
This is great opportunity to participate in a debate about the book and development bureaucrats.
The event will happen on the 28th of September from 18:00-20:00 in the Vinterhagen, Sentralen, Øvre Slottsgate 3 0157 Oslo.
To learn more about the event, click here.
EADI 50 years: Interested in co-organizing events?
EADI (European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes) celebrates its 50 years anniversary next year in 2024 and would like this to be celebrated at different places. The events can be in person, online or hybrid.
EADI is an association that aims to connect researchers from different countries with a common goal to “promote a concerted approach to the gaps and shortcomings in research on development problems as practised in the rich countries” (The EADI Story, 1999, page 71).
This is a great opportunity to contribute with their efforts and promote different events with a focus on development.
For more information, click here.
NFU is also interested in co-organizing events and would be happy to work together on seminars or other activities. If you wish to collaborate with us, please send us an email on: nfucoordinator@gmail.com.
NFU on the media: The future of Norpart
This summer, news that the Norpart program, which provides resources for academic cooperation and and exchange programs, is being placed on hold due to uncertainty regarding its budget.
Our chair, Arnhild Leer-Helgensen, alongside with several other academic leaders at University of Agder have talked to Khrono regarding the impacts that this can bring to norwegian students and to development studies, as well as the academic environment in the country.
To read the full article, click here.
NFU on the media: School Fees in Norway
The repercussions of the introduction of school fees for international students have began to show. The number of students from outside the EU and Switzerland has dropped considerably for the coming student year.
In an interview with “Panorama Nyheter”, NFU’s Chair Arnhild Leer-Helgesen has talked about this issue and the impacts it has already had at University of Agder (UiA), particularly in the Master’s courses focused on development.
In addition, Gudrum Cecilie Eikemo Helland from SUM at Universitet i Oslo and Martin Halvorsen from OsloMet also talk about the impacts that their respective universities are experiencing in regards to the number of new international students.
However, State Secretary Oddmund Løkensgard states that these numbers were expected and defends the need for the introduction of these school fees.
To read the full story, click here.
Public Lectures: EADI Conference
This week, the conference organized by EADI (European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes) will take place in Lisbon.
The “New Rhythms of Development” conference will go from July 10th to July 12th.
As a great opportunity for those not able to attend, there will be two public lectures on Zoom that are free to attend, but require registration.
The first lecture will take place on July 10th at 18:00 with the topic of: Development studies in an age of crisis.
The second will take place on July 11th at 19:00 with the topic of: Soft Authoritarianism: Marching to a Different Drum of Democracy.
To learn more about the lectures and register for them, as well as other opportunities during to attend the Conference click here.
NFU meeting at NorDev 2023
Are you joining NorDev2023?
Make sure to book some time to join our informal meeting on the first day of the conference, August 21st.
The meeting will be at 16:30 in Sal XI and it’s a great opportunity to connect with other norwegian researchers and network.
You will also be able to learn more about NFU and provide valuable input into our organization.
We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information on the Conference programme, click here.
Open Position: PhD position or Post-Doc fellowship
There is an open position at the JUSTEXPORTS Project in the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS) at the University of Oslo.
The position isfor either one PhD fellowship or Postdoctoral fellowship to undertake research as part of the project “Promoting Justice in a Time of Friction: Scandinavian Penal Exports” (JustExports). It is possible to read more about the project here.
Deadline to apply for it is on August 14th, 2023.
To learn more and apply, follow the link below:
NFU General Assembly
Earlier this month NFU had its General Assembly of 2022. The assembly took place on the 15th of May, between 15-16:30.
It counted it the participation of several board members as well as the General Secretary from EADI.
The notes from the meeting can be found on the link below and contain what has been happening and what to look forward in the future with NFU.