About the Foundations of Utility and Risk Conference

The history of FUR Conference dates back to 1982 when Norwegian behavioural scientist Ole Hagen together with Maurice Allais (who subsequently received the Swedish National Bank’s Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) organised the first FUR Conference in Oslo. Since Oslo, the FUR Conference has been held in in Venice (1984), Aix-en-Provence (1986), Budapest (1988), Durham (1990), Paris (1992), Oslo (1994), Mons (1997), Marrakech (1999), Torino (2001), Paris (2004), Rome (2006), Barcelona (2008), Newcastle (2010), Atlanta (2012), Rotterdam (2014), Coventry (2016), York (2018), Ghent (2022) and Brisbane (2024). Over the course of the FUR history, 6 Nobel laureates have given talks at the conference. We are very pleased that the 2026 FUR Conference will take place in Alicante, Spain. It will be hosted by the University of Alicante. The conference will take place from July 10th  to July 12th 2026.

FUR traditionally covers a wide range of areas including decision theory, behavioural/experimental economics and psychology, behavioural game theory, judgment and decision making, medical decision making and health economics, social psychology, neuroscience, genoeconomics, to name a few.