#26

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 100 words added to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in" which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland. I have also had a work meeting related to the article "Når gode råd er plagsomme Regjeringens holdning til ekspertråd i omstridte politiske saker" which I co-write with Svein Tuastad.

So far this Autumn I have had 26 writing days including 12 article writing days.

Altogether in October I had 11 writing days, whereof 6 book writing days and 5 article writing days, and logged 5.895 words written.

So far in 2024, I have logged 41.270 which is more than in the full year 2021 (41.178).

Tenth Ex.phil. lecture

Today I have given the tenth lecture in Ex.Phil. this Autumn, as part of the University of Stavanger´s bachelor degree in psychology. The topic was political philosophy, specifically contractualism and related issues.

#25

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 900 words added to my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Autumn I have had 25 writing days including 14 book writing days.

So far in October, I have now logged more than 5.000 words written altogether, and I have now written more than 15.000 words this Autumn. For Captured all-time, I have now logged more than 18.000 words written, of which more than 11.000 words written this Autumn.

Followers, reads etc. in academic social media - 2000+ followers/connections; 60.000+ reads all-time including 25.000+ last 3 years

I currently have the following number of followers in Academic social media (I am most active on ResearchGate, where my publications are added regularly, with 94 research items currently listed, and LinkedIn):

Academia.edu: 866 followers (vs. 335 in 2015, 391 in 2016, 519 in 2018 and 657 in 2021)

ResearchGate: 472 followers (vs. 114 in 2016, 250 in 2018 and 269 in 2019)

LinkedIn: 753 connections (vs. 360 in 2016 and 429 in 2018)

All-time reads is currently 26.455 on ResearchGate (vs. 2.297 in 2017, 4.747 in 2019 and 10.590 in 2021) and 33.681 on Academia.edu (vs. 6.503 in 2015, 14.374 in 2019 and 23.300 in 2021). I have 186 recommendations on ResearchGate (vs. 9 in 2019). My current "Research interest score" on ResearchGate is 668.7, and they list 718 citations (vs. ca. 1.200 on Google Scholar, which lists 135 research items).

So, I´ve added about 200 followers on ResearchGate over the last 5 years, and about 200 followers on Academia.edu over the last 3 years, as well as 300+ on LinkedIn over the last 6 years. Meanwhile, I´ve had about 16.000 reads on ResearchGate over the last 3 years (and about 22.000 reads over the last 5 years), while on Academia.edu I´ve had about 10.000 reads over the last 3 years (and about 19.000 reads over the last 5 years).

On LinkedIn, my posts have gained 16.554 impressions over the last 365 days (+1,262.5%).

#24

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 800 words added to the article "Når gode råd er plagsomme: Regjeringens holdning til ekspertråd i omstridte politiske saker", which I am co-writing with Svein Tuastad. So far this Autumn I have had 24 writing days including 11 article writing days. 

Altogether I have now logged more than 14.000 words written this Autumn, and more than 40.000 words this year.

#23

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 600 words added to my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Autumn I have had 23 writing days including 13 book writing days. 

So far in October, I have now logged more than 4.000 words written altogether. Also, for Captured all-time, I have now logged more than 17.000 words written.

Kåkånomics panel on economics attended

Yesterday I took part in the Kåkånomics festival panel event "Har økonomer for stor makt over økonomifeltet?" (Do economists have too much power over the field of economics?) which took place at the ship M/S Sandnes at bay in Vågen, Stavanger. The panel was hosted by Karl-Fredrik Tangen and also featured Celine Brøndmo, Eirik Magnus Fuglestad and UIS colleague Torfinn Harding. The event was well attended, and I really enjoyed the discussion.

Ninth Ex.phil. lecture

Today I have given the ninth lecture in Ex.Phil. this Autumn, as part of the University of Stavanger´s bachelor degree in psychology. The topics were views on humans, specifically consciusness, free will and issues related to determinism.

To speak at Dyreetikkonferansen 2024

I have been scheduled to present at Dyreetikkonferansen 2024 (the Norwegian animal ethics conference 2024), which takes place at Litteraturhuset, Oslo, on Wednesday November 20th, with the theme "Er du bevisst dyrs bevissthet?" (Are you conscious of animals´ consciousness?). The title of my talk is "Hvordan er det å være et dyr?" (What is it like to be an animal?).

More info (in Norwegian) on the website of Norway´s Council for animal ethics.

"Ecological semiotics" chapter in press; abstract now online

The abstract for my chapter "Ecological Semiotics", which is part of the 3rd edition of Elsevier´s Encyclopedia of Ecology, was published online on October 19th.

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21964-1.00018-5

Abstract:

Ecological semiotics, or ecosemiotics, is the study of sign use by organisms in an ecological context. This chapter provides an outline of semiotic phenomena in ecology and sign processes at different levels of biological organization and explains how complexity can be understood in semiotic terms. It presents the basic theoretical outlook of ecological semiotics, with emphasis on lifeworld perspectives, particularly represented by the Umwelt theory of Jakob von Uexküll. Studies of sign use can help us to understand how sentient organisms interpret their environment and make choices that are informed by their sign use. In a more rudimentary sense, even plants, fungi and microorganisms have agency which can be framed in semiotic terms. The chapter also outlines the characteristics of sign use in different kinds of interspecies interaction. Finally, the relevance of ecological semiotics for human ecology is stressed. While ecosemiotics is amply informative applied to general ecology, it is especially pertinent in the context of understanding how human agency and sign use affects the environment at large. Ecological semiotics can help us understand how genuinely human sign use stands out from non-human sign use, and the ways in which human sign use is subject to cultural variation. Crucially, ecological semiotics can be informative with regard to understanding how human behavior and sign use affects non-human lifeworlds by triggering environmental change which is experienced in sign-mediated ways. This positions ecosemiotics to address issues of environmental sustainability.

Updated event info for Kåkonomics 2024 panel event "Har økonomer for stor makt over økonomifeltet?"

There are now five people involved in the panel discussion I will take part in on Wednesday October 23rd as part of the economics festival Kåkånomics 2024. More info about the event here. 

Fourth Ex.phil. seminar

Today I have given the fourth seminar, in two rounds, in Ex.Phil. this Autumn, as part of the University of Stavanger´s bachelor degree in psychology. The topics were views on humans, as well as two oral discussions, and two writing or more specifically text analysis tasks.

#22

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 350 words added to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in" which I am co-writing with Joakim Jiri Haaland. So far this Autumn I have had 22 writing days including 10 article writing days. 

Google Scholar: h-index 20, i10-index 37; 1220 citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my research has to date attracted 1220 citations (+17 since September 26th). My h-index is now 20 (+1 since September 26th), and my i10-index is 37 (+1 since September 26th). This includes 151 citations so far in 2024 (+14 since September 26th). 

With these numbers, 2024 to date is now my 3rd best year in terms of number of citations, surpassing 2021 (148) yet still behind 2022 (186) and 2023 (174).

An h-index of 20 means that 20 of my scientific texts have been cited 20 times each or more. The latest one to make it is "Introducing zoosemiotics: Philosophy and historical background" (2016), written by Timo Maran, Morten Tønnessen, Riin Magnus, Nelly Mäekivi, Silver Rattasepp and Kadri Tüür, which has been cited 6 times so far this year and 21 times altogether.

An i10-index of 37 means that 37 of my scientific texts have been cited 10 times each or more. The latest to make it is "Introducing biosemiotic ethics" (2015), written by Morten Tønnessen, Jonathan Beever and Yogi Hale Hendlin, which has been cited 3 times this year and 10 times altogether.

Eight Ex.phil. lecture

Today I have given the eight lecture in Ex.Phil. this Autumn, as part of the University of Stavanger´s bachelor degree in psychology. The topics were views on humans and specifically on the "I" and the human mind.

#21

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 900 words added to my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Autumn I have had 21 writing days including 12 book writing days. 

So far in October, I have now logged more than 3.000 words written altogether, for the Autumn as a whole I have logged more than 12.000 words written, including more than 9.000 words on Captured.

4 reviews done for Fondazione Cariplo

I have just completed my review of 4 applications in phase 2 of Fondazione Cariplo´s scheme Young researchers Humanities & social sciences.

#20

Today I have had half an article writing day and half a book writing day. Among other things, I contributed to proof-reading of the chapter "Mars as a Planet B?" for the book Mars and the Earthlings, and wrote some 400 words on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Autumn I have had 20 writing days including 11 book writing days and 9 article writing days.

So far in October, I have now logged more than 2.000 words written altogether.

#19

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 350 words added to my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Autumn I have had 19 writing days including 10,5 book writing days.

Altogether I have now logged more than 8.000 words written so far this Autumn on Captured, and more than 11.000 words altogether this Autumn.

#18

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 700 words added to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in", which I am co-writing with Joakim Jiri Haaland. So far this Autumn I have had 18 writing days including 8,5 article writing days.  Altogether I have now logged more than 1.000 words written so far in October, and more than 3.000 words altogether on the mentioned article.

#17; 10.000 words written so far this Autumn

Today I have had half an article writing day, with some feedback given on an article draft by Ángel Sánchez Rodríguez titled "Relationship between Perceived Economic Inequality and Broad Concept of Well-being in 71 Countries", where I have been involved in data gathering in Norway as part of the "Live better" research consortium, and half a book writing day, with some 100 words added to my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Autumn I have had 17 writing days including 9,5 book writing days and 7,5 article writing days.

Altogether I have now logged more than 10.000 words written so far this Autumn, and more than 15.000 words written on Captured from the outset.

#16

Today I have had a book writing day with some 600 words added to my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Autumn I have had 16 writing days including 9 book writing days.

Seventh Ex.phil. lecture

Today I have given the seventh lecture in Ex.Phil. this Autumn, as part of the University of Stavanger´s bachelor degree in psychology. The topics were views on humans from biology and social sciences. We also had an "early dialogue" (tidligdialog) concerning evaluation of the course.