Seminar: The Global Backlash Against Gender Equality

NFU would like to invite all to attend the seminar: The Global Backlash Against Gender Equality to take place on October 10th.

The seminar is a cooperation between NFU, the Department of Global Development and Planning at UiA and The Strømme Foundation.

The event will have a hybrid format and it is possible to attend it in Kristiansand or online. For those attending it in Kristiansand, lunch will be provided.

Registration is required for both online and physical options and is available through the following link:
https://uia.pameldingssystem.no/seminar-on-gender-equality#/home

Development, Learning and Education: Post-pandemic Considerations

The 6th joint Nordic Development Research Conference, June 21-22, 2021, ONLINE, by  the University of Jyväskylä, Finland https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/nordic-development-research

Call for papers for 15 exciting open working groups : DL 9th April 2021   

The conference invites abstracts for papers to be presented from development research scholars from every career stage. All abstracts should be submitted for consideration in the accepted working groups. The working group coordinators will evaluate them and make decisions on their acceptance/rejection. The authors are requested to indicate a primary and a secondary working group for which s/he wishes the paper to be considered. The abstract of maximum of 400 words should be submitted in English (or Spanish for the bilingual working group) latest on 9th April 2021. The decisions will be communicated by 30th April 2021.  The submission should be done through the conference system: find the abstract form here.  We do not accept abstracts submissions by email.   The authors are advised to have a close look at the available working groups before submission and relate their abstract with the overall theme of the working group. All the working groups will be conducted online. Please see the detailed descriptions of working groups here. The journal Forum for Development Studies will publish a Special Issue on the best papers of the conference. The special issue will be guest edited by selected members of the organizing committee, who will do the initial selection for the papers to be included and provide one round of editorial comments during August-October before authors’ submissions for the final blind review process. If you would like your paper to be considered for the special issue, please send you conference paper no later than 25th June in the conference email nordev2021@jyu.fi. Please indicate “FDS special issue” in the subject field of your email.


NFU General Assembly

Dear NFU members,

We would like to remind you and share the meeting link for our virtual General Assembly 2020-2021. We have already emailed the link to the members. However, many of the emails have bounced back. If you have not received the email, you can fill in your working/updated email address on the form below so that we can send you the meeting link again.

Agendas:

  1. Constitute meeting and approve agenda
    1. Election of General Assembly Chair and two reporters
    2. Approval of agenda
  2. Board changes
  3. NFU Annual Report 2020
  4. Annual plan and budget for 2021
  5. Master thesis award
  6. Debate: NFU strategic planning for development research
  7. Incoming business

We look forward to seeing you.

General Assembly 2020-2021

NFU is pleased to invite all the members for the NFU General Assembly 2020-2021. As much as we would have preferred a physical gathering, we are obliged to host the assembly digitally this year. Nonetheless, we look forward to a meaningful discussion.

Mark your calendar

Date: 15th February 2021

Time: 18:30 (Oslo time)

Platform: Zoom (link to be shared soon)

Agendas:

  1. Constitute meeting and approve agenda
    • Election of General Assembly Chair and two reporters
    • Approval of agenda
  2. Board changes
  3. NFU Annual Report 2020
  4. Annual plan and budget for 2021
  5. Debate: NFU strategic planning for development research
  6. Incoming business

European Development Conference 2021: Solidarity, Peace and Social Justice

The biannual conference for The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) will be held 5 – 8 July 2021, Online. The conference will address inequality, poverty and political marginalization, also in connection with climate change and other environmental threats. For full details and how to register for panels, workshops, and roundtables, see https://www.eadi.org/gc/2021/frequently-asked-questions/

Membership free for 2020-2021!

Register for membership today! Are you a student, PhD candidate, scholar or practitioner working in the (broadly defined) development field and studies? We would like to have you as a member! You will receive relevant updates on events, conferences, job offers, publications and more. Simply register at our Membership page. It is free!

On The NorDev Conference

The 6th joint Nordic Development Research conference entitled “Development, Learning and Education: Post-pandemic Considerations” will take place June 21-22, 2021. It will be held at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland and/or virtual conference if pandemic situation so requires.

The conference welcomes development scholars to reflect on questions related to development, learning and education from multiple and multidisciplinary perspectives. The plenary sessions focus on the conference theme. The working groups coordinated by scholars can cover a wide variety of topics relevant to current development research in order to support mutual learning within development research community.

The conference is organized jointly by the Finnish Society for Development Research, the Danish Association of Development Researchers in Denmark, the Norwegian Association For Development Research, and the Swedish Development Research Network.

For more information and submission of working groups, please see https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/nordic-development-research

Update on Master thesis

Do you have a former student or have you written an excellent master thesis within the broad field of development studies?

The Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU) offers the Master Thesis Award 2019-2020 and a chance to win 5000 NOK.
The winner will in addition have the chance to develop their thesis into a publishable journal article, working together with NFU board member Frida Bjørneseth. The development field is broadly defined, and is not confined to the Global South. We accept submissions that are examined at a Norwegian institution and students must register as member of NFU – free of charge in 2020 and 2021!

The deadline is 10 December 2020. Please click here to submit your thesis.

Postponement of the 2020 NFU Conference

Due to Covid-19, the 2020 NFU Conference has been postponed. The NFU Conference “Planning for decolonization? Challenges, transitions, and transformations in global development and planning” will be organized in November/December 2022 at the University of Agder.

More information about the conference topic and updates can be found at the conference webpage:

https://www.uia.no/konferanser-og-seminarer/the-nfu-conference-2020-planning-for-decolonization-challenges-transitions-and-transformations-in-global-development-and-planning