A meeting; 9 this week; 141 + 2 so far this Autumn

Today I have had one meeting (and then sick leave).

Altogether this week I had 9 scheduled meetings. So far this Autumn I have attended 141 scheduled meetings and 2 conferences.

A meeting (or three)

Today I have attended one scheduled meeting (and 2-3 imprompto meetings of sorts).

Appointed to the editorial board for the festival "Wonderful World - Den nordiske festivalen for filosofi og vitenskap"

I have been appointed as a member of the editorial board (redaksjonsråd) for the festival "Wonderful World - Den nordiske festivalen for filosofi og vitenskap" (Wonderful World - the Nordic festival for philosophy and science), which will be held for the first time June 1-4th 2023 in Stavanger, Norway.

4 meetings

Today I have attended four meetings. This included planning for and reporting on some HMS issues.

2 meetings

Today I have attended two meetings. This included the weekly faculty leadership group meeting, and the Autumn´s second department leadership group meeting.

A meeting

Today I have had one meeting.

#19,5

Today I have had half a writing day, #19,5 this Autumn, with some 400 words added to my article "The study of past Umwelten", an invited article for a special issue of the Italian journal Discipline Filosofiche on Jakob von Uexküll.

The Norwegian Animal Ethics conference 2022 to take place in Oslo November 16th; links

Dyreetikkonferansen 2022, The annual Norwegian Animal Ethics conference, will take place November 16th in Oslo, with the theme "Noen dyr er likere enn andre. Hvorfor behandler vi dyr forskjellig?" (Some animals are more equal than others. Why do we treat animals differently?). I will be chairing the panel discussion, and take part in the organizing committee.

More info: 

Conference homepage

Facebook event page

#19

Today I have had writing day #19 this Autumn, with some 200 words added to our GDP review article. This time I got to go through the whole text.

A meeting; 7 this week; 132 + 2 so far this Autumn

I have had one meeting today, and 7 in total this week - in a week where I officially ended up having sick leave for 2 days. Altogether this Autumn I have so far attended 132 meetings and 2 conferences.

3 meetings

Today I have attended three scheduled work meetings.

2 meetings

Today I have attended 2 scheduled meetings.

A meeting

Today I have attended one meeting - the Autumn´s second staff meeting at Department of social studies, which was well attended.

#18

Today I have had a writing day, the 18th this Autumn, with some 700 words added to my article "Wasted GDP in the USA". All tables are now done.

#17

Today, at this Autumn´s writing day #17, I have added some 400 words to my article "Wasted GDP in the USA", and proof-read my Commentary article "The evolutionary origin(s) of the Umwelt".

Discussion of possible fourth level of management/leadership in board of UIS following my resignation

Yesterday, on October 13th, the board of University of Stavanger discussed the possibility of introducing a fourth level of management/leadership at the university, triggered by my resignation last week. As of today this is not possible, but the board will son discuss possible new arrangements.

Recordings are available here.

A meeting; 13 meetings this week; 125 + 2 so far this Autumn

Today I have had a meeting. Altogether I have had 13 meetings this week (on 3 work days; I have also had 2 days vacation). So far this Autumn I have attended 125 meetings and 2 conferences.

Quitting as head of department at UIS

Last Wednesday, October 5th, I delivered a resignation letter in relation to my current position as head of department at Department of social studies at University of Stavanger. My last day in the position will be January 5th, 2023. I am quitting due to too much work-related stress and being over-committed.

6 meetings

Today I have attended 6 scheduled meetings. This included the weekly faculty leadership group meeting.

6 scheduled appointments including ph.d. defense and related events

Today I have attended 5 scheduled appointments, and will attend one more this evening, namely a dissertation dinner. So far today I have among other things attended the trial lecture and ph.d. defense of Ida Holth Mathisen.

#16

Today I have had half a writing day consisting of having my regular meeting with my research assistant, and doing some editing.

3 meetings; 14 this week; 112 + 2 so far this Autumn

Today I have had 3 scheduled appointments. This included the annual safety round (vernerunde) at Department of social studies. Altogether this week I have had 14 meetings / scheduled appointments (and one day´s sick leave). So far this Autumn I have had 112 meetings and 2 conferences.

#15,5

This evening, on the Autumn´s writing day #15,5, I have had half a writing day, with some 200 words added to my article "Wasted GDP in the USA".

Updated reference for Open Semiotics chapter; updated publication date for 3 more publications

There is new information about the placement and publication of my chapter for Open Semiotics, which will be published in 4 volumes with 141 chapters:

— Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming, 2022. Umwelt theory for practitioners: Semiotic guidelines for application in a more-than-human descriptive phenomenology. In Open Semiotics (4 volumes, ed. Amir Biglari), volume 4: Life and its extensions. Paris: L’Harmattan. Planned for publication in December 2022.

There are also new publication dates for some other forthcoming publications, according to online info from the publishers:

—  Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming, 2022. Semiotics in ethology and zoology. Book chapter, in Bloomsbury Semiotics (4 volumes, ed. Jamin Pelkey), volume 2, Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences (ed. Stéphanie Walsh Matthews), pp. 75–91. Bloomsbury Academic. Planned publication date November 3rd 2022. 

—  Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming, 2022. Beyond the human animal: Towards a cross-species neurosemiotics. In Adolfo García & Agustin Ibanez (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Semiosis and the Brain (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics), pp. 82–96. Routledge. Planned publication date November 14th 2022. 

—  Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming, 2023. Existential universals: Biosemiosis and existential semiosis. To be reprinted in Eero Tarasti, Sayantan Dasgupta and Paul Forsell (eds), Transcending Signs – Essays in Existential Semiotics (Semiotics, Communication and Cognition 35). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Planned publication date March 6, 2023.

Jablonka and Ginsburg commentary accepted for publication

My Commentary article "The evolutionary origin(s) of the Umwelt" has been accepted for publication in Biosemiotics.

4 meetings

Today I have had 4 meetings / scheduled appointments. This included a 4 hour meeting in Universities Norway, specifically the working committee in UHR-Helse og sosial.

4 meetings, including Fagforum

Today I have attended 4 scheduled meetings/appointments. This included the semester´s first Fagforum at the department - this time with a presentation by Heli Kaatrakoski, «Learning in and for work in prisons in Norway and Finland: staff's and students' perspectives».

3 scheduled meetings

Today I have had three scheduled meetings. This included my weekly meeting with the office manager.

#15

Today I have had this Autumn´s writing day #15, with some 500 words added to my article "Wasted GDP in the USA", and Table 6 composed. I also revised writing plans for the coming months.

Google Scholar: 800 citations; i10-index 30

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my research has by now attracted 800 citations (+21 since August 18th). This includes 88 citations registered in 2022 to date (+19 since August 18th). My h-index is 16 (unchanged) and my i10-index 30 (+1 since August 18th). 2022 is now my third best year, after 2021 (182 citations) and 2016 (91 citations).

My three most cited texts to date have been cited 60, 50 and 40 times respectively.