#24,5

Today I have had half an article writing day, with work done on the wolf socialization article I co-write with Laura Kiiroja. I also went through correspondence related to "Live better" articles. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 24,5 including 9 article writing days.

Letter to the editor on philosophy and animals published in Nationen in September

On September forth my letter to the editor "Må ikke være filosof for å forstå at dyr lider" (literally: Don´t have to be a philosopher to understand that animals suffer) was published in the Norwegian daily Nationen.

Link to "Contradictionary - an almanac of resistance" online (Open Access)

The book Contradictionary - an almanac of resistance - is available for reading and download (Open Access) here. The book, which was edited by Bernd Herzogenrath and Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo and is published by Open Humanities Press, includes two entries written by me, namely "Environmental quality" and "Pollution". The concept of the book is that it lists and explains terms that have been "banned" (or rather black-listed) by the Trump administration in a research context.

Beyond GDP input given to UN via Spanish government; now available on UN´s Beyond GDP webpage

In late August I sumbitted input to the "Beyond GDP" initiative in the UN system, which was coordinated by the government of Spain. My written input (2 pages), titled "Beyond GDP input", is now available at the UN´s Beyond GDP page under "Documents and reports" - see "Download Non-Member States ZIP file" and locate the file "Morten Tønnessen_Beyond GDP Input" there.

Job interviews attendance; committee work

About a month ago I took part in job interviews with two candidates for a ph.d. position in social work at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. I was part of the evaluation committee and also contributed to the committee´s assessment report.

#24

Today I have had a book writing day, with work done on the second page proofs (or revised page proofs) of my forthcoming book with Bloomsbury Academic, Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism, which I received today. Moreover, I also pondered upon a possible publication venue for my book project Being and Sign. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 24 including 15,5 book writing days.

#23

Today I have had half an article writing day, with work done related to planning and rescheduling of writing days, and an interview Federico Comollo conducted with Michael Marder and me. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 23 including 8,5 article writing days.