Contribution to Kalevi Kull Festschrift published online

A Festschrift to Kalevi Kull at the occasion of his 70th birthday this summer was released in digital form today, and announced at the 22nd Gathering in biosemiotics. It is available for download online, and will soon appear in print.

Reference to my contribution:

Tønnessen, Morten 2022. Translating mind to text (and back). In Donald Favareau and Ekaterina Velmezova (eds.), Tunne loodust! Knowing Nature in the Languages of Biosemiotics (Epistemologica et historiographica linguistica Lausannensia № 4), pp. 333–337. Université de Lausanne Press.

I have attended the first four days of the 22nd Gathering in biosemiotics and am now returning back home tomorrow morning.

Google Scholar: 762 citations

According to my Google Scholar profile,  my research has by now attracted 762 citations (+15 since June 5th). This includes 54 citations in 2022 (+2 since June 5th). My i10-index remains 28 and my h-index 15. 2021 stands with 180 citations.

2nd day of 22nd Gathering in Biosemiotics; presentation by Sharov & Tønnessen on semiotic agency; 2 meetings

Today I have attended the second day of the 22nd Gathering in biosemiotics, which included a presentation by Alexei Sharov and me, held and prepared by Alexei and drawing on our book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism, entitled "Toward a theory of semiotic agency". Maybe 50 people attended. The presentation was also live-streamed and is available via YouTube (see recordings from second day of the conference).

I have also attended half the editorial board meeting of Biosemiotics, at the conference venue, and attended a digital meeting with colleagues at University of Stavanger.

“Zoosemiotics beyond Sebeok” presented at 22nd Gathering in Biosemiotics in the Czech Republic

Today I have presented my paper “Zoosemiotics beyond Sebeok” in the first session of the 22nd International Gathering in Biosemiotics, which is held at Palacký University in Olomouc, the Czech Republic, June 27th - July 1st. Perhaps 60 people attended the talk. In addition, a dozen people or so followed the conference livestream on YouTube.

By now todays´ livestream has been seen by some 200 people.

Scheduled for oral presentations 27th and 28th of June at 22nd Gathering in biosemiotics in Olomouc

I have been scheduled to present my paper "Zoosemiotics beyond Sebeok" at the 22nd gathering in Biosemiotics (Olomouc, Czech Republic June 27-July 1st) on Monday June 27th at 10.40-11.00, at Palacky university.

Conference program and further info is available here. See also abstract book and the conference YouTube channel.

I am also co-author of Alexei Sharov´s presentation "Towards a theory of semiotic agency" (see pp. 111-112 in the abstract book), based on our book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism, which will be held Tuesday June 28th at 11.00-11.20.

#45,5

Today I have had the last planned writing day this Spring, with altogether 45,5 writing days held. I did work on our GDP review article, with some 50 words written.

2 meetings

Today I have attended 2 scheduled meetings. This included my last regular meeting with my research assistant before the summer holidays.

This was my last day at the office / on campus before the summer holidays. Next week I will be attending the 22nd Gathering in biosemiotics in Olomouc, the Czech Republic.

5 meetings including 4 employee appraisals - total to date 63

Today I have attended the first faculty leadership group meeting in a long time - the last before the summer - and 4 employee appraisals (total this week 11, total to date 63).

4 meetings including employee appraisals and visit from Norwegian parliament

Today I have attended 3 employee appraisals (total to date: 59) and chaired a visit to the department by three members of parliament accompanied by four advisors - altogether the meeting, which addressed child welfare, was attended by some 21 people.

4 employee appraisals

Today I have had 4 more employee appraisals (total to date: 56).

2 meetings

Today I have attended 2 scheduled meetings.

#44,5

Today I have had half an article writing day, with some 100 words added to my wasted growth article in revision and to my CCS book manuscript altogether, and readings done. Number of writing days this Spring is up to 44,5.

#44

Today I have had what ended up being only half a writing day, with some 200 words added to our GDP review article. Total number of writing days this Spring is up to 44.

A meeting

Today I have attended one meeting.

3 appointments including department summer closure event

Today I have attended 3 scheduled appointments. This included a job interview and the Department of social studies´ summer closure event, which included lunch buffeet and cake and was attended by some 30 people.

6 appointments including 4 employee appraisals

Today I have attended 6 scheduled appointments, including 4 employee appraisals (total to date: 52) and the master degree closing ceremony of Faculty of social sciences, in Tjodhallen.

2 meetings

Today I have attended and chaired 1 employee appraisal (total to date: 48) and the Spring´s fourth and last department leadership group meeting.

5 appointments including 3 employee appraisals

Today I have had 5 scheduled appointments, including 3 employee appraisals (total to date: 47) and a job interview.

#43,5

Today, on writing day no. 43,5 this Spring, I have finished my Henrik Steffens chapter, with some 1.100 words written (making this the second most productive writing day this Spring in terms of words written).

Recordings of Semiotic agency presentation for Complexity discussion group now available online

Recordings of a presentation of the book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism for the Complexity discussion group organized by Department of Linguistics and Language Practice at University of the Free State (South Africa) is now available online for viewing. The recordings include a presentation by Alexei Sharov (first author), me (second author), and discussion. The first presentation starts after about 12 minutes.

5 more scheduled appointments

Today I have had 3 employee appraisals (total to date: 44), a meeting, and chaired a job interview.

#42,5

Today I had half a writing day, no. 42,5 this Spring, with some 100 words written on our GDP review article.

5 scheduled appointments

Today I have had a ph.d. supervision session and 4 employee appraisals (total to date: 41).

Talk on biosemiotic perspective on human lifeworld given for Norwegian school of sport sciences

Today I have given an invited online talk for the philosophy group at Norwegian school of sport sciences (Norges idrettshøyskole), titled "Biosemiotikkens perspektiv på menneskets livsverden" (A biosemiotic perspective on the human lifeworld).

#42

Today I have had writing day no. 42 this Spring, focused on finishing splitting my initial manuscript for my first wasted growth article in three parts. And so I did. In the process, today some 400 words have been added to the texts, net.

#41

Today I have had the 41st writing day this Spring, with my UNDP letter edited and submitted to The World Bank Research Observer, and some 600 words altogether added to this text, the wasted growth article I am revising currently, and my Steffens chapter.

Google Scholar: 747 citations

According to my Google Scholar profile, my research has to date attracted 747 citations (+13 since May 1st). This includes 52 citations in 2022 (+11 since May 1st). My i10-index remains 28 (meaning that 28 of my publications have attracted 10 citations or more) and my h-index 15 (meaning that 15 publications of mine have been cited at least 15 times each).

Of my 10 most cited publications, the most recent is "The ethics of laying hen genetics" (first author M. Fernyhough), which was published in 2020 and has been cited 26 times, including 8 times so far in 2022. My 2009 article "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change", the most central article in my ph.d. work, has been cited 57 times, including 5 times so far in 2022. My 2003 article "Umwelt ethics" has been cited 49 times, including 2 times so far in 2022 - and each year since 2008.

Fourth day of staff trip

Today, on the fourth day of the department´s staff trip, we had internal program before lunch, and then flew home to Stavanger.

Third day of staff trip to Oslo; OsloMet visited

Today, at the third day of Department of social studies´ staff trip to Oslo, we have visited Centre for the study of professions at OsloMet. Later this evening we will have our third and final dinner - at Masala Politics.

Second day of staff trip to Oslo; visit to VID, parliament

Today we have had our second day of our staff trip to Oslo (for University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies). While we had an internal programme yesterday, today we visited the university college VID, or more specifically their Faculty of social studies. We also visited the Norwegian parliament.