EMP151 presented at UiS EEA funding info day

I have just presented experience as Norwegian project leader for the Norwegian-Estonian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" at University of Stavanger´s EEA funding info day, organised by UiS´ Research and Innovation Department and International office. Some 35-40 people are attending.

See also EMP151 project summery at EEA Grants.

To share experiences on EEA funding info day at UiS

I have agreed to give a brief presentation of my experiences with EEA research funding at University of Stavanger´s upcoming EØS funding info day May 3rd. This concerns my role as Norwegian project leader for the Estonian-Norwegian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis".

"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.

Final conference of Estonian-Norwegian research programme attended in Harju, Estonia

Today and yesterday I have attended the final, concluding conference of the Estonian-Norwegian research programme. Representatives of some 13 bilateral research projects have been present, including Timo Maran and myself from ours, "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis". The conference was held on Laulasmaa Spa Hotel in Harju quite close to Tallinn.

Estonian webpage of "Animals in changing environments" updated

The Estonian webpage (in English) of the Norwegian-Estonian Research Cooperation Programme grant EMP151 "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" has been updated with further information, summing up research done in the project.

Financial reporting for EMP151 finished

The last few weeks I have been involved in financial reporting for the year 2016 for the Estonian-Norwegian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EMP151). Today I was notified that the financial report from UiS for 2016 has been approved.

Final Steering Committee meeting attended, at UiS

On Friday December 16th I attended the final Steering Committee meeting of the Norwegian-Estonian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis", chaired by Timo Maran, in person at University of Stavanger, with some more involved researchers sitting in.

Steering Committee meeting attended

I have just attended the Steering Committee meeting (via Skype) of the Norwegian-Estonian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EMP151).

"Animals in changing environments" featured in RCN slide show on EEA research projects

In the news story "1 milliard til EØS-forskning [1 billion for EEA research]", the Research Council of Norway sums up its experience so far with 145 bilateral research projects carried out in collaboration between researchers in Norway and five East-European countries - the Czech republic, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania. A complete list of all 145 projects is available here.

In Estonian-Norwegian cooperation, altogether there are 12 partner institutions involved, and 73 researchers. An embedded slide show features "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EMP151), for which I am the Norwegian project leader, as an example of an Estonian-Norwegian project (on slide 38, see below).

Norwegian EMP151 budget informally revised

Today I have (informally) finished revising the budget of the Norwegian research group in the Estonian-Norwegian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EMP151). The revision includes some planned reallocations for 2015 and 2016, and also takes into consideration the actual accounts so far (2013 and 2014).

Another round of contributions to 2014 grant report

Yesterday I contributed, in a second round, to the annual grant report for 2014 for the Estonian-Norwegian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EMP151), for which I am the Norwegian project leader. The report of activities stands at around 18 pp, plus appendices.

Research project application on "Animals in changing environments" successful

Yesterday I was informed by my collaborator Timo Maran, based in Tartu, that our joint application for support to the research project "Animals in Changing Environments: Cultural Mediation and Semiotic Analysis" (2013-2016), submitted in March, has proven to be successful. The project will be funded with a total of 192.552 Euro (under the EEA Norway Grants mechanism), which is to be divided quite equally by the Estonian research group and the Norwegian one, which will be headed by me. The Norwegian research group will be based at the University of Stavanger.

Formally the research project will be initiated immediately, since it begins September 2013.

See also:

Further info on Estonian-Norwegian research project application (April 2013)

Contribution to Estonian-Norwegian research project application (March 2013)