Friday, 21 August 2026

To feature as commentator at COEVOLVERS Nature Based Solutions symposium August 27th

On August 27th I will take part as a commentator in the online symposium "The significance of semiotics in NBS co-creation", which is held by researchers involved in the ERC-funded research project "Coevolutionary approach to unlock the transformative potential of nature-based solutions for more inclusive and resilient communities (COEVOLVERS)"

The symposium, which takes place 1-3 p.m. CET, features the following three presentations, with comments/questions from me:

  • Juha Hiedanpää – Co-creating multispecies significance: Some lessons for spatial planning and decision-making 
  • Beáta Pántya – Art-based Multisensory Methods for Healing Garden Co-Design 
  • Lona Päll – How to Discover Interspecies Relations with Semiotic Methods?

To register, see the event webpage.

Thursday, 20 August 2026

#7,5

Today I have had half a book writing day, with work done related to finishing organising my response to the copy-editing of the manuscript of my forthcoming book with Bloomsbury Academic, Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism, and submitting it. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 7,5 including 5 book writing days.

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

#7

Today I have had a book writing day, with work done related to copy-editing of the manuscript of my forthcoming book with Bloomsbury Academic, Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 7 including 4,5 book writing days.

Sunday, 16 August 2026

#6

Over the course of the last several days (specifically Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and today Sunday) I have conducted what altogether amounts to a book writing day, with work done related to copy-editing of the manuscript of my forthcoming book with Bloomsbury Academic, Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 6 including 3,5 book writing days.

Friday, 14 August 2026

HDI/UNDP paper presented at ISQOLS 2026 in Lexington, Kentucky

Today, at the 24th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS 2026), «Beyond the Bluegrass: Harnessing Research to Enhance Quality of life», which is held at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky (USA) August 11–14th, I have presented my paper «Alternative HDI thresholds for maximum income demonstrate significance for policy advice» as part of Session 7A «Well-being policy and measurement». Some 11 people attended. The session was chaired by Joseph Sirgy.

Thursday, 13 August 2026

Economic growth in climate imaginaries paper presented at ISQOLS 2026 in Lexington, Kentucky

Today, at the 24th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS 2026), «Beyond the Bluegrass: Harnessing Research to Enhance Quality of life», which is held at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky (USA) August 11–14th, I have presented my paper «Climate imaginaries and the contested future of economic growth» as part of Session 4E «Ecological sustainability, agriculture, and wellbeing». Some 11 people attended. The session was chaired by Jane Kolodinsky.

Tuesday, 11 August 2026

#5

Over the course of yesterday and today, I have had half a book writing day, with work done related to copy-editing of the manuscript of my forthcoming book with Bloomsbury Academic, Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 5 including 2,5 book writing days.