A second Norwegian-Baltic research application rejected; a third (SEMIOPOLIS) submitted

Our second application in the Baltic Research Programme, in the Lithuanian call, was not funded.

A third application in the Baltic Research Programme, in the Latvian call, was submitted in October. The project title is "Semiotic policy analysis facilitating socio-ecological change" (SEMIOPOLIS). In addition to me, Kathrine Skoland and Ingvil Hellstrand are involved in the Norwegian research group. Sergei Kruks is tentative project leader.

Prospective book plans (Hellstrand and Tønnessen)

As part of our research applications in the Baltic Research Program, Ingvil Førland Hellstrand and I have a tentative plan, pending funding, of co-writing a book (scientific joint monograph) work-titled The Futures in Our Hands: Socio-Ecological Narratives in Norwegian Science Fiction and Policy Documents. We are currently awaiting response on this Spring´s Lithuanian call, and working on our application for the Latvian call which is due in October.

Baltic-Norwegian research application submitted

By yesterday we submitted our Norwegian-Baltic research project application "Semiotic strategies for addressing environmental change as a path to better inclusion in multicultural societies". While University of Tartu is project promoter, University of Stavanger is a partner along with Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. My main collaborators in the application is Timo Maran (Estonian Project Leader) and Dario Martinelli (Lithuanian Project Leader), while I am Norwegian Project Leader for a group also involving Ingvil Førland Hellstrand and Kathrine Skoland.

Interview on colonization of Mars aired again

An interview with Ingvil Hellstrand and myself aired this Spring titled "Muligheten av Mars" (The opportunity of Mars). It was aired again, in a new program setting, yesterday, now titled "Er Mars menneskets siste mulighet?" (Is Mars humanity´s last chance?). Jostein Gjertsen was program host at both occasions. Altogether this is the third time the interview aired, since it was aired a second time in Spring as part of the program´s weekend summary.

See also:

Terraforming Mars? Discussion aired on P2´s Verdibørsen (March 2018)

Terraforming Mars? Discussion aired on P2´s Verdibørsen

On March 22nd NRK P2´s Verdibørsen, with program host Jostein Gjertsen, included a 25 minute feature with me and Ingvil Førland Hellstrand entitled "Muligheten av Mars", on terraforming Mars. Podcast is available here. 

The interview aired again on Sunday March 25th, as the weekly sum-up of Verdibørsen.

Complaint examiner in GEN550

I have agreed to act as internal complaint examiner for the exam in the MEES master course "A new posthuman era? New theoretical reflections on the human and its relations" (GEN550), coordinated by Ingvil Førland Hellstrand.

Interviewed on colonizing Mars for NRK P2 Verdibørsen

I have just been at NRK Rogaland recording an interview organised by Jostein Gjertsen and also featuring Ingvil Førland Hellstrand, on the theme of colonizing Mars. Will air on NRK P2´s Verdibørsen tomorrow.