3 meetings

Today I have attended 3 scheduled meetings. This included the weekly faculty leadership group meeting, and the Autumn´s third and last staff meeting, where among other things we discussed revision of the department´s action plan.

4 meetings

Today I have attended 4 scheduled meetings. This included my weekly meeting with the office manager.

#24,5

Today I have had an article writing day, with 5 hours devoted to some work on Captured, the book chapter "Nosology and semiotics", and my second wasted growth article, and some 400 words written. So far this autumn I have had 24,5 writing days. November ended with only 5 writing days (the least this Autumn), but 3.385 words written (the most this Autumn).

Google Scholar: 109 citations in 2021, 610 in total, i10-index 24

According to Google scholar my work has by now attracted 610 citations (+8 since November 19th). This includes 109 citations in 2021 to date (+8 since November 19th). My i10-index is now 24 (+2, a new record) and my h-index 14 (-1 since November 19th). This means that 24 of my publications have been cited 10 times or more, and that 14 of my publications have been cited at least 14 times each.

My most cited article to date is "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009, 49 citations). My most cited article in 2021 is "The ethics of laying hen genetics" (2019, I am last author; 13 citations).

100 items are listed on my Google profile.

A meeting, a lecture chaired, and a work lunch

Today I have chaired Rune Slagstad´s lecture "Populistisk elitisme: Universitet overalt", with discussion, which was attended by 50-60 people in person, and had lunch with Slagstad and a few others. I have also attended a scheduled meeting.

#23,5

Today I have had half a writing day devoted to some work on my book chapter "Nosology and semiotics", with some 100 words written. I have also made some inquiries on two finished book chapter manuscripts and a reprint and gotten updates on expected publication time for these three books, which all now seem to be scheduled for publication in 2022.

Total number of writing days so far this Autumn is up to 23,5.

Two-day UHR meeting attended

Over the two last days I have attended the digital two-day meeting of UHR-Helse og sosial, the health and social studies unit within Universities Norway.

4 meetings

Today I have attended four scheduled meetings. This included the second department council meeting this Autumn, and the weekly faculty leadership group meeting.

2 meetings

Today I have attended the weekly meeting with the office manager plus a 4 hour leadership forum at University of Stavanger.

#23

Today I have had half an article writing day devoted to my book chapter "Nosology and semiotics", with some literature search done, some formatting done, and the rudimentary start of a table of contents. 

Total number of writing days so far is up to 23.

"Semiotics in ethology and zoology" chapter listed on webpage of Bloomsbury semiotics

My book chapter "Semiotics in ethology and zoology" is listed among all the other chapters on Bloomsbury´s webpage for the 4 volume book set "Bloomsbury semiotics", which is to be published in the summer of 2022. My chapter will appear as chapter 4 in volume II, "Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences" (edited by Jamin Pelkey and Stéphanie Walsh Matthews).

Norwegian animal ethics conference 2021 held in Alta

On November 11th I was in Alta, attending Dyreetikkonferansen 2021, which had the theme "Dyrevelferd i reindriften: Utfordringer og løsninger" (Animal welfare in reindeer husbandry: Challenges and solutions). The conference was held at Scandic hotel Alta, and attended by some 30 people physically. It was also followed by some 100 people nationally via live streaming.

This year I have only been involved on par with the other members of Norway´s Council for animal ethics, which organizes the Norwegian animal ethics conference.

The conference has been mentioned in the Saami newspapers Avvir and Sagat.

#22,5

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to contributing to a jointly written article on historical studies of animals, with some 1.100 words written. Number of writing days so far this Autumn is up to 22,5, with more than 10.000 words written altogether.

Google Scholar: 100+ citations in 2021

By Google Scholar metrics, I have for the first time achieved 100 citations in a year. Specifically, my work has to date in 2021 been cited 101 times (+14 since September 10th), and 602 times altogether (+18 since September 10th). My i10-index remains 22 and my h-index 15. The 2021 count to date is 15 citations above my previous record, in 2016, and 27 above the 2020 count.

Updated homepage for book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism

Springer Nature´s page presenting our book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism, which is being published now in November, has been updated a little while ago.

Number of Pages: XXVII, 374

It currently does not show the book cover or link to sales. The book is also listed in the overview of titles in the book series Biosemiotics.

A meeting

Today I have had one meeting, one on one.

A meeting and a Fagforum

Today I have attended the weekly faculty leadership group meeting, and chaired the Autumn´s fourth and last Fagforum at the department, featuring Christian Børge Sørensen.

A meeting

Today I attended one meeting, related to our work aiming at establishing professional studies in psychology.

#21,5

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to finishing my Routledge book proposal for the book Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement, with some 1.600 words written in the process (chapter synopses, tentatively used as chapter summaries).

Number of writing days so far this Autumn is up to 21,5.

#20,5

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to planning writing days for Spring 2022 and working further on a book proposal to Routledge for my book project Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement, with some 100 words written on the book manuscript in the process.

Number of writing days so far this Autumn is up to 20,5.

Trip north with Council for animal ethics - meetings; excursion to the Finnmark expanse

The last few days I have been traveling in Finnmark in Northern Norway, partaking in the excursion of Norway´s Council for animal ethics. We arrived in Alta on Monday (November 8th), and then drove to Kautokeino. In the afternoon we met with researchers and a Head of department at Sámi allaskuvla (Sámi university of applied sciences). On Tuesday (November 9th) we went to the Finnmark expanse (Finnmarksvidda) on a trip by snow scooter arranged by Sokki adventure, and got to encounter reindeer, throw lasso, ride with reindeer by sledge, and have lunch in a big lavvo with live fire. On Wednesday (November 10th) we visited Laksens hus in Alta, had a meeting with the Norwegian Directorate of Agriculture´s reindeer department, and in the evening had a 3-hour Council of animal ethics meeting. In the latter we treated two council statements, including one on zoological gardens which I have drafted in collaboration with Guri Larsen. This was a treatment of a revised version, the statement will soon be finalized and issued.

Radio interview on and while walking aired again on NRK P2

On Thursday this week, November 4th, an interview with me on walking and Henry David Thoreau was aired again on Norwegian national radio (Studio 2, NRK P2), under the heading "Trær forteller" (Trees tell). Link to program here. Journalist: Jostein Gjertsen.

Keynote speech chaired at NASS XII; attendance

Today, at the 12th conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS XII), I chaired Irene Mittelberg´s keynote speech, "Sensing Meaning: Felt Qualities of Perceptual Experience in Coverbial Gestures". This is the third and last day of the conference. Some 50 people have been registered for the conference, of which ca. 30 attending physically, the rest online. With some further virtual viewership including a number of students in Lithuania and Italy, up to 100 people have followed the conference.

Paper "Neurosemiotics across species" presented at NASS XII; session chaired; conference dinner attended

Yesterday, at the 12th conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS XII), I presented my paper "Neurosemiotics across species" (see conference abstract) in the session "Biosemiotics", which I also chaired (there were two more papers, by Kalevi Kull and Amelia Lewis). Some 40 people attended altogether, with a bit more of half of these physically present and the rest attending online. 

Later in the evening the conference dinner took place, at the restaurant Grey.

Opening of NASS XII; General assembly chaired; reelected President of NASS

Yesterday I took part in the opening of the 12th conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS) at Vilnius University in Vilnius, Lithuania (held November 5-7th, 2021, with the theme "Meaning in perception and the senses"). In the evening, I chaired the General assembly of NASS. I was reelected as President of NASS for a third term (I have served as President since 2017), and as ordinary representative for Norway.

A job interview, half a course, and a trip

Today I have chaired a job interview for the position as research assistant in relation to my work on welfare and economics, attended half a leadership training course on HMS themes, and started on my trip to Vilnius, Lithuania, where I will attend and present at the 12th conference of the Nordic Association for semiotic studies (November 5-7th).

2 meetings, 2 job interviews

Today I have taken part in two scheduled meetings and led two job interviews (for the position as scientific assistant).

4 meetings

Today I have attended four scheduled meetings, including the weekly faculty leadership group meeting and this Autumn´s third Fagforum at our department.

3 meetings

Today I have attended three scheduled meetings, including a meeting on student exchange with Cuba.