CCS paper proposal for IAEP rejected

I have been notified by the organisers of the 2026 digital conference of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy (IAEP) that my paper "The ethical case against Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)" has been rejected.

#25,5

Over the last two days I have had half an article writing day, with meetings held in relation to the articles "Når gode råd er plagsomme", which I co-write with Svein Tuastad, and "The rights and living conditions of unaccompanied minor migrants in the Schengen Area", which I co-write with Maren Sagvaag Retland. This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 25,5, including 17,5 article writing days.

Paper «What Characterizes a More-than-Human Phenomenology Suitable for the Anthropocene?» scheduled for presentation April 23rd at NoSP 2026 in Tampere

I have been notified by the conference organizers of the Annual conference of the Nordic Society for Phenomenology (NoSP 2026), which is to be held at Tampere University, Finland, April 22–24 2026, that my paper «What Characterizes a More-than-Human Phenomenology Suitable for the Anthropocene?» has been scheduled for oral presentation as part of the session «Uexküll’s Environments and Lifeworlds», which will take place in Linna K109 on Thursday April 23rd at 11:30–13:00.

See also the full program and the abstract book of the conference.

Edits performed in six SNL encyclopedia entries

Minor edits I have made previously have now been approved in six encyclopedia articles in Store Norske Leksikon (SNL), namely "antroposentrisk", "dypøkologi", "dyreetikk", "miljøfilosofi", "rettssubjekt" and "økosofi".

#25

Today I have had half a book writing day, with research done concerning industry news and other news related to climate change and particularly carbon capture and storage (CCS) in preparation for my forthcoming book Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism. This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 25, including 8 book writing days.

Essay on longtermism published in Salongen

Earlier this week, my essay "På sporet av en tapt fremtid" (roughly translating to "In search of a lost future"), which deals with longtermism, was published online in Salongen - nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie. 

Reference:

— Tønnessen, Morten 2026. På sporet av en tapt fremtid. Essay. Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie (Salongen.no). Published March 9th 2026. URL: https://www.salongen.no/essay/pa-sporet-av-en-tapt-fremtid/262022 

5 exam papers graded from continuation exam in Ex.phil.

I have just finished grading five exam papers in Ex.phil., which is part of University of Stavanger´s bachelor in psychology, related to the continuation exam in the course.

#24,5

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 100 words added to my book manuscript in spe Being and Sign. Moreover, I researched industry news and other news related to climate change and particularly carbon capture and storage (CCS) in preparation for my forthcoming book Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism. Finally, I pondered upon writing a Norwegian language philosophy text book. This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 24,5, including 7,5 book writing days.

Joining Scientific Committee of 2026 "Biennial Meeting of the Polish Association for CogSci"

I have accepted to join the Scientific Committe of the conference "Biennial Meeting of the Polish Association for CogSci", with the theme «Making Sense of Meaning-making», which is to be held in Lublin, Poland September 21–23rd.

5,000 reads of chapter "Introduction: The semiotics of animal representations" on ResearchGate

According to ResearchGate our chapter "Introduction: The semiotics of animal representations" (co-written with Kadri Tüür) has reached 5,000 reads on their platform.  Read the chapter here.

#23,5; longtermism essay accepted and revised; Palgrave chapter proposal accepted

Today I have had half a book writing day and half an article writing day. 

For the book writing day, I researched industry news and other news related to climate change and particularly carbon capture and storage (CCS) in preparation for my forthcoming book Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism. 

For the article writing day, I conducted minor revisions of my article "På sporet av en tapt fremtid" (roughly translating to "In search of a lost future") which is now accepted and forthcoming in Salongen - nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie. Moreover, I did some initial planning concerning my paper "Ecosemiotic questions: Towards a comprehensive description of the complexity and creativity of life", which has now been accepted (as a chapter proposal - cf. previous post) for inclusion in the book Creativity – Complexity – Intelligence, Semiotic Perspectives on the Emergence of Meaning (to appear in the book series "Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture") by the book´s editors (Merit Maran, Lauri Linask and Merja Bauters). 

This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 23,5, including 17 article writing days and 6,5 book writing days.

#22,5

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 300 words added to the article "Når gode råd er plagsomme" (When good advice is bothersome) which I co-write with Svein Tuastad. This included composing two tables for the article´s climate policy case study. Moreover, I conducted a literature search on expertise and deliberative democracy theory.

This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 22,5, including 16,5 article writing days.

Google Scholar: 1.554 citations; h-index of 22

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has attracted a total of 1.554 citations (+17 since February 2nd). This includes 168 citations in 2025 (+3 since February 2nd) and 20 citations so far in 2026 (+6). My h-index is now 22 (+1 since February 2nd), while my i10-index remains 46. The h-index implies that 22 of my texts have been cited at least 22 times each.

The latest addition to my h-index list of publications appears to be "Methodology of zoosemiotics: Concepts, categorisations, models", which I co-wrote with Timo Maran, Kadri Tüür, Riin Magnus, Silver Rattasepp and Nelly Mäekivi and which was published in 2016. This chapter has according to Google Scholar´s count been cited 22 times, including two citations in 2025.