Interviewed in Khrono news story on state of higher education in Norway

I am interviewed in the Khrono news story "Antall faglige ansatte vokser raskere enn antall studenter" (The number of scientific staff grows faster than the number of students) which was published today, along with Minister of Research and Higher Education, Oddmund Hoel, and Director of the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir), Sveinung Skule, by journalists Eva Tønnessen and Hege Larsen. The topic of the news story is a new release of an annual report on the state of higher education in Norway.

"Wasted GDP in the USA" now in RePEc - already in other services

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA", published in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, is now also available via RePEc (Research Papers in Economics). It was already listed via LibKey, and available in full via UIS Brage, ResearchGate and Academia.edu (be aware that the latter service is a hassle).

Discount book flyer for "Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene"

I have uploaded a discount book flyer for the book Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene to my Academia.edu profile. Using the discount code gives 30% discount on the book.

My Academia.edu profile

My profile at Academia.edu currently has 335 followers, and has had 6.503 views to date (currently in the top 2% by 30-day no. of views). You´ll find plenty of material there, including info on 39 papers and 66 talks.

Sidebar sections linking to upcoming and past academic events updated; 78 events linked to so far

I have updated the sidebar section "Upcoming academic events", which now counts 10 future events, and updated and renamed the section now called "Past events (2012-2014)". The latter now counts 43 events in which I have played one role or another.

The section "Past events (-2011)" counts 25 events. Total number of events linked to to date is thus 78.

2nd biosemiotic survey - 'Umwelt' (deadline August 20th)

The questionnaire for the second survey in the biosemiotic community conducted by the journal Biosemiotics as part of the biosemiotic glossary project has just been presented. See the blog post 2nd survey conducted by Biosemiotics - 'Umwelt' (the biosemiotic glossary project) in the Biosemiosis blog. The questionnarie is also to be found on my Academia.edu profile page - see here. Deadline for participation in the survey is August 20th.

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Second biosemiotic glossary review article to review 'Umwelt' notion