#42,5

Today I have had half a book writing day, with some 500 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. I have also had half an article writing day devoted to finishing my selection of text for a Spanish translation of my journal article "The biosemiotic glossary project: Agent, agency" (first published in Biosemiotics, 8(1), 2015).

So far this Spring I have had 42,5 writing days, including 35 book writing days and 7,5 article writing days.

Altogether in April I logged some 8.456 words written (spread on 11,5 writing days), including 8.372 words on Captured. So far this year I´ve added more than 33.000 words to my monograph.

Scheduled to discuss "Is everyone the same person" at Wonderful World festival May 30th

I have been scheduled to comment on Hedda Hassel Mørch´s talk «Er alle egentlig bare én person?» (Is everyone the same person?) at the Wonderful World festival in Stavanger on Friday May 30th.

The portrait photo is kind of old, but I guess I´m still the same person.

See event page.

#41,5

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 500 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 41,5 writing days, including 34,5 book writing days.

#40,5

Today, during sick leave, I have had a book writing day, with some 900 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 40,5 writing days, including 33,5 book writing days.

#39,5

Today, during sick leave, I have had half an article writing day, with work done related to a Spanish translation of my article "The biosemiotic glossary project: Agent, agency". So far this Spring I have had 39,5 writing days, including 7 article writing days.

Researcher panel discussion on "Life and other problems" attended

Yesterday I took part in a researcher panel discussion after screening of the documentary «Life and other problems» at Odeon cinema, Stavanger, along with Tomas Drønen (VID), Ingunn Westvik Jolma (Rogaland Arboret) and Jørg Arne Jørgensen (chair, Kåkå). The event was organised by Kåkå Kverulantkatedralen in collaboration with Odeon cinema, and is the first in a series of documentary film screenings organised by Kåkå.

#39

Today, during sick leave, I have had half a book writing day, with some 500 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 39 writing days, including 32,5 book writing days.

#38,5

Today, during sick leave, I have had half a book writing day, with some 600 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 38,5 writing days, including 32 book writing days.

Review for Semiotica

I have recently done a peer-review for Semiotica.

"Semiotic agency" book reaches 100 citations on Google Scholar

The book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism, which I co-wrote with Alexei Sharov, has now reached 100 citations according to Google Scholar (cf. my profile). This is my second text to reach 100 citations. 

While the article "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009) took 15 years to reach 100 citations, Semiotic agency took a bit more than 3 years since its publication in February 2022. 

See also:

Google Scholar: "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009) reaches 100 citations (December 22nd 2024)

#38

Today, at hospital, I have had half a book writing day, with some 600 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 38 writing days, including 31,5 book writing days.

#37,5

Today, at hospital, I have had half a book writing day, with some 500 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement.  I continued tidying in some of my book folders to get a good overview over remaining material ahead of completion of the book manuscript.

So far this Spring I have had 37,5 writing days, including 31 book writing days.

#37

Today, at hospital, I have had half a book writing day, with some 250 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement.  I also did som tidying in some of my book folders, to make sure I have a good overview over remaining material ahead of completion of the book manuscript.

So far this Spring I have had 37 writing days, including 30,5 book writing days.

Scheduled for research talk after screening of "Life and other problems" April 23rd

I have been scheduled to take part in a research talk after screening of the Danish documentary "Life and Other Problems" at Odeon cinema in Stavanger on Wednesday April 23rd, which is organised in collaboration with Kåkå - Kverulantkatedralen in the run-up to the Wonderful World philosophy and science festival which is held in the end of May. I will be talking with Tomas Drønen (professor at VID) and chaired by Jørg Arne Jørgensen (Kåkå).

"Ecological semiotics" accepted for presentation at 25th Gathering in biosemiotics, Rotterdam

I have just been informed that my paper "Ecological semiotics" has been accepted for oral presentation at The 25th Annual Gatherings in Biosemiotics, which is to be held 25-29th of August 2025 at Erasmus University Rotterdam, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Scheduled for panel discussion at Wonderful World on ecocentric democracy

I´ve been scheduled to take part in another Wonderful world event on May 31st, a panel called "Kan Norge bli et økosentrisk demokrati?" (Can Norway become an ecocentric democracy?), drawing on the theme of Andrew P. Kroglund´s recent book Økotopia - på sporet av en ny naturforståelse.

#36,5

Today, at hospital, I have had half a book writing day, with some 450 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 36,5 writing days, including 30 book writing days.

#36

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 1550 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. This is my most productive writing day so far in 2025 in terms of number of words written. So far this Spring I have had 36 writing days, including 29,5 book writing days.

By now I have written more than 50.000 words on the book manuscript, or about two thirds of the manuscript.

Peer-review for Ecology & Society

I have recently done a peer-review for Ecology & Society.

To co-write Handbook of environmental philosophy chapter on environmental semiotics

I have agreed to co-write a chapter for Springer´s forthcoming Handbook of Environmental Philosophy along with Jonathan Beever. 

Preliminary reference:

 — in process, with Jonathan Beever: Environmental semiotics. In: Nathan Kowalsky and Richard Kover (eds.), Handbook of Environmental Philosophy (Handbooks in Philosophy), Section II: Main Theoretical Currents. Springer Nature.

Two recent issues of the NASS newsletter (semiotics)

Since I last mentioned it here in the blog, the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS) has issued two new newsletters:

NASS Newsletter 25_2024 (Autumn), issued in November 2024

NASS Newsletter 26_2025 (Spring), issued in April 2025

I am a co-editor of the newsletter along with primus motor Inesa Sahakyan. Here is a link to all NASS newsletters published to date.

Recent peer-reviews

I have recently done peer-reviews for the journals Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, Kultur & Klasse (a Danish journal) and Biosemiotics.

#35

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 1000 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 35 writing days, including 28,5 book writing days.  

Google Scholar: 1362 citations; i10-index of 41

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1362 citations (+23 since March 5th). 222 of these are from 2024 (+7 since March 5th), further solidifying its position as my best year ever in terms of number of citations. So far in 2025 I have gathered 27 citations (+15 since March 5th). My h-index remains 20, while my i10-index is now 41 (+1 since March 5th). This means that 41 of my publications have 10 or more citations each.

#34

Today I have had what ended up as half a book writing day, with some 450 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 34 writing days, including 27,5 book writing days.  

Expanded Reason Awards - application

I have just submitted my chapter "A Biosemiotic Perspective on the Human Condition and the Environmental Crisis" to the Expanded Reason Awards, with a CV, an extended abstract, and a 3.000 word  "explanatory document" written for the occasion.

#33,5

Today I have had an article writing day, mostly devoted to writing a brief popular science article for the magazine Astronomi published by Norsk Astronomisk Selskap. It came in at around 1.500 words, and I ended up titling it "Livet på Mars" (Life on Mars). The content is loosely based on our recently published book Mars and the Earthlings: A realistic view on Mars exploration and settlement. I also looked into a recent Live better manuscript submission (cf. previous post).

So far this Spring I have had 33,5 writing days, including 6,5 article writing days.

Listed as co-author of Live better-paper submitted to Nature

I have been listed as a co-author of the article "The Golden Mean of Happiness: Need Balance and Well-Being Across 70 Countries and Regions", which has been submitted to Nature. The co-authorship is based on my data gathering in Norway in the Live Better research consortium.

Preliminary reference: 

— submitted, with Ewa Szumowska et al. The Golden Mean of Happiness: Need Balance and Well-Being Across 70 Countries and Regions. Submitted to Nature.

#32,5

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 600 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 32,5 writing days, including 27 book writing days. 

#31,5

Today I have had half an article writing day, partly devoted to work on the revision of the book chapter manuscript "Steffens´ early outlook reconsidered: Nature conceptions of the industrial-age Anthropocene", with some 100 words added to the manuscript in the process. I have now finished the revision.

I also reviewed and gave feedback on a draft white paper based on our recently published book Mars and the Earthlings: A realistic view on Mars exploration and settlement.

So far this Spring I have had 31,5 writing days, including 5,5 article writing days.