#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.

#31; 13.000+ words written in March

Today 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. I also watched the webinar "Quantifying and mitigating subsurface risk in CO2 storage projects", organized by Finding Petroleum/Carbon Capture Journal. 

So far this Spring I have had 31 writing days, including 26 book writing days. In March, I had a total of 14,5 writing days (possibly a record?), including 13 book writing days, and I logged 13.393 words written altogether (a new record in terms of monthly total as far as I can tell), of which 13.017 words written on my monograph manuscript.

Jacob Tom´s ph.d. defence completed; attended

Today I attended the trial lecture and ph.d. defence of Jacob Lee Tom at University of Stavanger. The theme of the trial lecture was “Travelling Concepts: A Methodological Challenge”, while Jacob´s ph.d. thesis is titled "Radical Moderation: Time and History in Twentieth-Century Norwegian Literature". Opponents were Sissel Furuseth (University of Oslo) and Zoltàn Boldizsàr Simon (Bielefeld University, Germany). I have co-supervised Jacob along with Dean Krouk from University of Wisconsin-Madison, while my UIS colleague Tyson Ashley Retz has been main supervisor.

Unfortunately I had to cancel my participation in the doctoral dinner due to a health emergency.

#30

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 1.150 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 30 writing days, including 25 book writing days.

By now I have written about 60% of the book manuscript.

#29

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 also accepted to contribute with two entries in a prospective special issue (journal to be agreed) titled "CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance", which will be organised around the ca. 200 words the Trump administration is attempting to ban from science.  

So far this Spring I have had 29 writing days, including 5 article writing days.

Updated CV - publication numbers; peer review numbers; international engagement

Today I have updated my brief-version CV.

Excerpts:

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS 

As of March 2025: Altogether 115 academic publications (as either author or editor). This includes 64 peer-reviewed international publications, including 2 co-authored scientific monographs, 22 peer-reviewed English-language book chapters with international publishers, and 37 peer-reviewed articles published in international journals.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 

Peer-reviewed papers presented in-person at international conferences in Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and USA – altogether in 24 countries.

FURTHER INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS 

I have attended further academic and related events in Canada, France, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, and South Korea; done field work in Brazil; and spoken online to audiences in Brazil, Finland, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Including in-person conference presentations, I have engaged directly with audiences in 29 countries. 

PEER-REVIEWS FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS 

I have done peer-reviews of scientific manuscripts for The Anthropocene Review, Biosemiotics, British Poultry Science, Cognitive Semiotics, Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies, Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, Environmental Humanities, Environmental Philosophy, Humanimalia – a journal of human/animal interface studies, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, Journal of Comparative Social Work, Kultur & Klasse, New formations, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Otherness: Essays and Studies; Phenomenology and the cognitive sciences, Philozofia, Plants, People, Planet, Public Journal of Semiotics, Semiotica, Sign Systems Studies, Sosiologi idag, Theoria, and Visual studies; altogether for 25 scientific journals.