Dag Hareide (born 24 February 1949) is presently the director of Nansen Academy in Norway, the Norwegian Humanistic Academy. He has been director of other folk high schools, chair of the Namibia Association of Norway, rehabilitation coordinator for United Nations Emergency Office during the famine in Ethiopia (1985–1988), researcher on preparedness systems for famine, general secretary of Friends of the Earth Norway (1980–1985), coordinator of the 5 year National Disaster Preparedness Plan in Ethiopia (1986–1987), and chair of Nordic Forum for Mediation and Conflict Management (2002–2006). He is author of several books and have served as vice chair of the National Value Commission (Verdikommisjonen), and member of the Commission that formulated the objectives for the Norwegian School system (Bostadutvalget).