2 + 1 meetings including introduction for 2-day Polish delegation visit; NASS board meeting

Today I have attended 2 scheduled meetings and one impromptu meeting. The scheduled meetings included giving an introduction to the 2-day working visit of a Polish delegation in relation to our joint EEA-funded project "The integrated system of domestic violence prevention" (with about 15 people present) at Ydalir hotel, and chairing the board meeting of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS). 

Evaluation of Baltic-Norwegian research application

Our Baltic-Norwegian application received a positive evaluation, scoring 13,5 out of 15 possible points, I have been informed. However, to get funded, it would need 14,5 points or more, as only 7 of 130 applications were funded.

"Animals in changing environments" research project formally closed at UiS

The Norwegian part of the EEA research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" has now been officially closed at the University of Stavanger administration. The final payment from our Estonian partner came a week or two ago.

First meeting of EMP151 Steering Committee

On November 29th, in Tartu, Estonia, the Steering Committee of the research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EEA Norway Grants EMP151) held its first meeting. The Steering Committee's members are Timo Maran, who leads the project, and myself as the Norwegian project leader. According to the Partnership Agreement between University of Tartu and University of Stavanger, the Steering Committee must meet at least every six months.

Contribution to Estonian-Norwegian research project application

In the days leading up to March 5th I contributed to the research project application "Animals in Changing Environments: Cultural Mediation and Semiotic Analysis", where I am the prospective Principal Investigator of the Norwegian research team, with Tartu's Timo Maran being the Principal Investigator of the Estonian research team, based at University of Tartu's Department of Semiotics. The Norwegian team will, if the application proves successful, include professor Paul Thibault (University of Agder) and Post-Doc Kristin Armstrong Oma (University of Oslo). My head of Department at University of Stavanger has approved my and the university's involvement, and I have met with an economics consultant in the central administration. 

The application is due to be submitted by March 14th. More details later.