#12

Today I have had a writing day, #12 this Autumn, with some 100 words added to an article I am co-writing with Joakim Jiri Haaland, and some edits made to the biosemiotic achievement award announcement text I am co-writing with Ludmila Lackova and Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen.

International survey and project ""Live better - The culturally sensitive study on "folk theories of societal development" and on "ideal types of well-being"" joined

I have agreed to join the research consortium behind the research project "Live better - The culturally sensitive study on "folk theories of societal development" and on "ideal types of well-being", led by Kuba Krys, who is based at the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

First Ex.phil. lecture given

Today I have given the first lecture in SVEXPHIL10, Ex.phil. for the students in bachelor in psychology. There will be 12 lectures this semester, plus seminars. The topic today was epistemology.

#11

Today I have had half a writing day, with some planning done, including for our article about Arne Næss and his views on economics, and a little research done for my book manuscript Captured. Total number of writing days so far this Autumn is 11.

Norway´s Council for animal ethics relseases statement with recommendations on animal ethics issues in Norway

Norway´s Council of animal ethics has released a statement to the ministries of agriculture and fisheries respectively titled "Brennende etiske temaer knyttet til dyrevelferd i Norge" (literally: Burning ethical topics related to animal welfare in Norway). Knut Bøe, Kristian Ellingsen-Dalskau and me are credited as Co-authors of the statement (14 pp.). The statement was written in response to the ministries´ work with the government´s forthcoming parliamentary notice on animal welfare.

News story about Council of animal ethics statement in VG

The Norwegian national daily newspaper VG has run a news story, online Saturday and in print today, titled "Nå kan kyllingrasen du spiser bli forbudt" (now this chicken breed may be forbidden - concerns Ross 308). The news story builds on our recent statement to the Norwegian ministries of agriculture and fisheries respectively in relation to the government´s forthcoming parliamentary notice (stortingsmelding) on animal welfare.

 

#10,5

Today I have had half a writing day, with some 500 words added to my revised article text "Wasted GDP in the USA".

#10

Over the last three days I have had half an article day with work done on my article "Wasted GDP in the USA", an upcoming joint article on wolves behavior and management, and a research consortium working on wellbeing and societal development that I will be joining which includes data collection and article publication.

Number of writing days this Autumn is up to 10.

News story on Arendalsuka panel discussion on animal welfare in agriculture in Bondebladet

In this week´s issue of Bondebladet, there is a news story, "Fortsatt stor avstand mellom produsent og forbruker" (pay wall), covering the panel discussion held during Arendalsuka last week, «Kan norsk landbruk tilby et liv verdt å leve?» The news story includes a paragraph on some of my statements on animal welfare. 

Paper "Wasted GDP in the USA" presented at ISQOLS 2023 in Rotterdam/Schiedam

Today I have presented my paper "Wasted GDP in the USA" at the 21st annual conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS 2023), as part of session 6J, “Well-being Indicators”, chaired by Nuno Nunes. S

This is the fourth ISQOLS conference I am attending and presenting at, in a row (the 2020 and 2021 conferences were held digitally).

Paper scheduled for online presentation October 4th at "(Un)Common Worlds III – Navigating and Inhabiting Biodiverse Anthropocenes"

My paper “A biosemiotic perspective on the environmental crisis” has been scheduled for online presentation on Wednesday, October 4th at 4.00-4.30 PM as part of the session “Worldlings, onto-epistemologies, and becomings”, chaired by Anna Vladimirova, at the conference "(Un)Common Worlds III – Navigating and Inhabiting Biodiverse Anthropocenes", which is to be held October 4-6th at University of Oulu (Finland) and online.

See: Conference programme

#9,5

Today I have had half a writing day, with some 100 words added to the revised version of my article "Wasted GDP in the USA", and work done of the article´s final table.

#9

Today I have had half a writing day, with 300 words added altogether to my book manuscript Captured and our GDP review article.

Review done for Environmental and Sustainability Indicators

I have recently done a review for Environmental and Sustainability Indicators.

"Ted talk" om human beings given to BPS students at UIS

Today I have given a 20 minute "Ted talk" to the new students in bachelor in psychology at University of Stavanger, on the topic "Hva er et menneske?" (What is a human being?). Some 10 people attended.

#8,5

Today I have had a writing day, #8,5 this Autumn, with some 750 words added to the Supplementary Information Appendix of my article "Wasted GDP in the USA", and a table made (S4).

Panel discussion on animal ethics and welfare during Arendalsuka held

Today I have taken part in the panel discussion "Kan norsk landbruk tilby et liv verdt å leve?" during Arendalsuka, organised by MatPrat, Opplysningskontoret for brød og korn and Melk.no. Ruth Astrid Sæter chaired the event, which was attended by maybe 50 people in-person, at Barrique øl- og vinstue, and streamed live. I represented Council for animal ethics, and University of Stavanger.

Programme for conference "Henrik Steffens – The Prophet of the Anthropocene?"

The programme for the Henrik Steffens 250 year anniversary conference "Henrik Steffens – The Prophet of the Anthropocene?" has been published online some time ago, both on the University of Stavanger webpage and the webpage of Stavanger municipality.

I am scheduled to speak Saturday September 9th at 2-2.30 p.m.

#7,5

Today I have had a writing day, #7,5 this Autumn, with some 300 words added to our article on Arne Næss and his views on economics.

#6,5

Today I have had half a writing day, #6,5 this Autumn, with some 300 words added altogether to my book manuscript in spe Captured and article under revision "Wasted GDP in the USA".

#6

Today I have had a writing day, the 6th this Autumn, with some 100 words and a figure added to my article "Wasted GDP in the USA", and a little work done on our Biosemiotic Achievement Award announcement text.

#5

Today I have had a writing day, the 5th this Autumn, with some 400 words added to my article "Wasted GDP in the USA".

#4

Today I have had a writing day with some 500 words written altogether, mainly on the announcement text "Biosemiotic Achievement Award for the Year 2022", which I am co-writing with fellow members of the Selection panel Ludmila Lackova and Ahti-Veikko Juhani Pietarinen. I also did work on the refugee article I am co-writing with Maren Sagvaag Retland and others, and on my book manuscript Captured. This was the 4th writing day this Autumn.

Google Scholar: 941 citations; i10-index of 36

Google Scholar appears to have had another data revision, indicated by reduction in number of citations during the summer. Still, as of today, according to my Google Scholar profile, my research has attracted 941 citations (+3 since June 22nd), including 79 citations in 2023 (+13 since June 22nd). My i10-index is 36 (+1) and my h-index 18 (no change).

With 42 citations, including 5 citations so far this year, the article "The ethics of laying hen genetics" is now my 3rd most cited text (up from 4th June 22nd). With 19 citations, including 10 so far in 2023, our book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism is at #16 (down from #15 June 22nd, with -1 citations since then).

Member of the Scientific committee of the 16th World Congress of Semiotics

I have agreed to be a member of the Scientific committee of the 16th World Congress of Semiotics, which will have the theme “Signs and Realities” and be held in Warsaw, Poland September 2-6th 2024.

Sigmund Ongstad given Biosemiotic Achievement Award for 2022 in Copenhagen

Yesterday I announced the winner of the Biosemiotic Achievement Award for 2022, Sigmund Ongstad, for his article "Simple Utterances but Complex Understanding? Meta-studying the Fuzzy Mismatch between Animal Semantic Capacities in Varied Contexts", at the 23rd gathering in biosemiotics, held in Copenhagen. I have taken part in this year´s Selection panel along with Ludmila Lackova and Anti-Veikko Pietarinen.

Book "Elemental-Embodied Thinking for a New Era" now described and advertised online

The book Elemental-Embodied Thinking for a New Era is now advertised online by Springer. It will include my chapter "A biosemiotic perspective on the human condition and the environmental crisis". Publication date is said to be November 26th.

Pre-orders are now possible e.g. via Amazon.

Cover of book "Organ Crosstalk in Acute Kidney Injury: Basic Concepts and Clinical Practices"

This is the cover of the book Organ Crosstalk in Acute Kidney Injury: Basic Concepts and Clinical Practices (forthcoming on Springer, edited by Carlos Guido Musso), which includes my text "Nosology and Semiotics" as its first chapter:

See also:

Book featuring "Nosology and Semiotics" chapter now advertised online

Biosemiotics editorial board meeting attended

Today I have attended the annual editorial board meeting of Biosemiotics (digitally), along with about 20 others.

"A biosemiotic perspective on the human condition & the environmental crisis" presented in Copenhagen

Today I have presented my paper «A biosemiotic perspective on the human condition & the environmental crisis» at the 23rd Gathering in biosemiotics, which is held in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 31st - August 4th). Some 50-60 people attended.

Photo: Katarzyna Machtyl