#57,5

Today I have had a writing day which ended up as half a book writing day and half an article writing day. The first half was devoted to responding to queries from Bloomsbury Academic concerning my forthcoming scientific monograph Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism, and making corresponding changes in the manuscript and concerning some of the book´s figures. 

The other half was devoted to working on my book chapter "Ecosemiotic questions: Towards a comprehensive description of the complexity and creativity of life", with some 100 words to the manuscript, as well as related to Live Better articles.

This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 57,5 including 31 article writing days and 26,5 book writing days.

Three Wonderful World events attended on stage Thursday May 28th

During Wonderful World - Den nordiske festivalen  for filosofi & vitenskap (Wonderful World - the Nordic festival for philosophy and science), which was held May 27-30th this Spring, I took part in three events on thursday May 28th, two of which were scheduled in advance:

I took part as a panelist, with Melanie Challenger, in the event «Returning to animal – the true human condition», which was attended by about 75 people

I chaired the panel «Å begripe dyp tid» (Comprehending deep time), featuring Bjørn Lindberg, Helge Jordheim and Dagmar Hagen. This event was attended by about 130 people.

In the evening, I was also invited to be a panelist during «Wonderful nachspiel», along with Ole Martin Moen and Gunstein Skomedal and chaired by Torkild Jemterud. This somewhat more spontaneous panel was attended by about 30 people.

See also:

Ethics event chaired at Wonderful World festival; attended by 100+

Interview in Wonderful World festival magazine - on world´s most important idea

In May, an interview with me appeared in the festival magazine of the Wonderful World festival, in the column «Fem filosofer på festival» (Five philosophers at the festival). The interview was done by Kristoffer Hatteland Endresen, who raised the question (in Norwegian): What is the most important idea that we should be familiar with to understand the world in 2026?

Wonderful World 2027 to be held June 2-5th, 2027

The next round of Wonderful World - Den nordiske festivalen  for filosofi & vitenskap (Wonderful World - the Nordic festival for philosophy and science) will take place in Stavanger June 2-5th. This will be the fifth time the festival is arranged. I am a member of the festival´s program council.

Collaborative peer-review conducted for Royal Society Open Science

This Spring I have conducted a peer-review for Royal Society Open Science in collaboration with a colleague.

Dialogue meeting on regulatory development on animal welfare in aquaculture attended

On Monday June 8th I attended a so-called dialogue meeting with Mattilsynet (Norwegian Food Safety Authority) on behalf of Norway´s Council for animal ethics concerning regulatory development for animal welfare in aquaculture (this was the second such meeting on this theme I have attended this Spring).

Wonderful World evaluation meeting, department summer party attended

Last Friday I took part in an evaluation meeting in the program council for the Wonderful World festival, at Måltidets hus. I also took part in the summer party of University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies.