Debate on research productivity - UiS board elections

A couple of days ago I posted "Vi må ha ambisjoner for forskningen!" [We need ambitions for research!] on the University of Stavanger debate pages, in reply to a post by Svein Tuastad, "59 poeng" [59 [publication] points]. Yesterday he replied, with the post "Kulturforklaringa" [the culture explanation].

Debate article: Where now for the University of Stavanger?

I have just composed the debate article Hvor nå for UiS? [Where now for the University of Stavanger?], which has been posted on the debate pages of UiS. Amongst other things I write that UiS should in the future be organized as an independent foundation rather than as a public university under the government.

Rector candidates debating in UiS debate forum

The electoral campaigns ahead of the election of rector and pro-rector for University of Stavanger, starting October 27th, are reflected in several posts these days in the UiS debate forum, UiS Debatt, including from rector candidates Marit Boyesen and Einar Marnburg. 

Kåkå debate on climate change dissemination held

On Thursday June 4th I participated in a debate meeting in the series "Verdikommisjonen" [the value commission] at Kåkå - Kverulantkatedralen in Stavanger, representing University of Stavanger (rector Marit Boyesen is a permanent member of Verdikommisjonen, I was there instead of her). Topic for the debate was: "Hvordan kan folk flest forstå klimautfordringen når ingen kan lese rapporten og verken mediene eller forskerne selv tar skikkelig formidlingsansvar?" [How can people understand the climate challenge, when no one can read the report and neither the media nor researchers take proper  responsibility for disseminating?]. Some 50 people were present.

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To take part in Kåkå debate on climate change dissemination

To take part in Kåkå debate on climate change dissemination

I have agreed to participate in a debate meeting next Thursday (4/6) in the series "Verdikommisjonen" [the value commission] at Kåkå - Kverulantkatedralen in Stavanger. Topic for the debate is: "Hvordan kan folk flest forstå klimautfordringen når ingen kan lese rapporten og verken mediene eller forskerne selv tar skikkelig formidlingsansvar?" [How can people understand the climate challenge, when no one can read the report and neither the media nor researchers take proper  responsibility for disseminating?]

I take part representing University of Stavanger. Elisabeth Eide will offer an introductory talk.

News story on university strategy/petroleum research debate meeting

The University library at the University of Stavanger has posted a news story about the debate meeting it organised on November 6th, entitled "Frisk debatt i biblioteket" [Fresh debate in the library] - see here.

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120 people attending critical UiS debate on petroleum research and climate change

Rector´s petroleum/strategy chronicle listed in ethics committees´weekly media recap

The chronicle by rector of University of Stavanger Marit Boyesen which was written in reply to my chronicle on university strategy and the ethics of petroleum research is listed in the weekly media recap of the National Committees for Research Ethics in Norway (week 45).

A partial (?) view of Boyesen´s chronicle is available here, via the reference service Opoint.

Rector's reply to chronicle on petroleum research posted on UiS debate pages

Rector Marit Boyesen's reply to my chronicle "Olje og omstilling: 10 spørsmål om fremtidens UiS" [Oils and restructuring: 10 questions about the future University of Stavanger], entitled "Olje, omstilling og fremtidens UiS" [Oil, restructuring and the future University of Stavanger] has now been posted on the debate pages of University of Stavanger (see debate thread).

UiS rector replies to chronicle on ethics of petroleum research

In a chronicle entitled "Oljå, omstilling og fremtidens UiS" [The oil, restructuring and the future University of Stavanger], Marit Boyesen, rector of the University of Stavanger, today replied in the Norwegian regional daily Stavanger Aftenblad to my chronicle yesterday in the same newspaper, "10 spørsmål om fremtidens UiS" [10 questions about the future University of Stavanger].

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UiS library organises panel discussion on ethics of petroleum research, university strategy

The university library at University of Stavanger is arranging a panel discussion on the research ethics of petroleum research, and university strategy, on Thursday November 6th, at 6pm. The debate is entitled "Olje eller omstilling: Hvilken vei bør UiS gå?" [Oil or restructuring: In what direction should University of Stavanger go?].

Two more links concerning Oslo panel on ethics of petroleum research

I have previously provided the link to video of a panel presentation on the ethics of petroleum research held in Oslo on October 23rd. Here's a link to video of the panel discussion that followed, the same day - and here to the webpage presenting the whole event, with these two links included.

Letter to the editor on oil and restructuring published on UiS debate pages

Today a letter to the editor I wrote yesterday has been published on the debate webpage of University of Stavanger. The letter, which is quite long (chronicle length), is entitled "Olje og omstilling: Ti spørsmål om fremtidens UiS" [Oil and restructuring: Ten questions concerning the future University of Stavanger].

Link to video of open debate meeting of the ethics of petroleum research

Video from the open debate meeting arranged at Litteraturhuset in Oslo October 23rd on the research ethics of petroleum research is available online, here. I watched it today - Ragnhild Freng Dahle and Peter Haugan gave excellent presentations.

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NENT to arrange open meeting in Oslo on the research ethics of petroleum research

Referred to in commentary by Green Youth/Green Party representative Lage Nøst

On June 28 I was mentioned in a letter to the editor/commentary written by Lage Nøst, secretary of the Green Party of Stavanger and member of the leadership (arbeidsutvalg) of Green Youth Norway, and published in the Norwegian regional daily Rogalands avis. The commentary is entitled "Den som tier samtykker" [The one who remains silent agrees], and addresses the lack of debate on the research ethics of petroleum research among employees and students at University of Stavanger. He refers to my attempt to challenge students at UiS to discuss this.

See also NENT's PDF document on media coverage of the debate on the research ethics of petroleum research, pages 52-53.

NENT to arrange open meeting in Oslo on the research ethics of petroleum research

Norway's National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (NENT) has announced the programme of an open meeting on the research ethics of petroleum research, "Petroleumsforskning og etikk: Hvor går universitetene nå?" [Petroleum research and ethics: Where do the universities go from here?]. The meeting will take place at Litteraturhuset in Oslo on October 23rd at 12-16. Marit Boyesen, rector of University of Stavanger, and Peter Haugan are among the participants.

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Mentioned six times in NENT media coverage document

UiS Director of communications signals proposed debate pages will be considered

In response to my debate article "Debattsider i Univers?" [Debate pages in Univers?] two days ago, Anne Selnes, Executive Editor of the magaine UniverS and Director of communications at University of Stavanger, has written the reply "Debattsider i UniverS" [Debate pages in UniverS]. Here, she explains the history of communications policy related to the magazine, says a major evaluation of communications policy is underway, and that my suggestion can be considered in that context.

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Debate article addressing lack of debate pages in UiS magazine Univers

All Norwegian universities asked to map and explain petroleum research

In response to the debate on the research ethics of petroleum research, where I have taken part as one of many, all Norwegian universities were asked by Norway's National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (NENT) to map their petroleum research and to explain how they relate to research ethics in this context (see article in Forskerforum, "NTNU forsvarer oljeforskningen" [NTNU defends oil research], March 18th).

Debate article addressing lack of debate pages in UiS magazine Univers

Today a letter to the editor by me entitled "Debattsider i Univers?" [Debate pages in Univers?], concerning the magazine of the University of Stavanger, Univers, has been published at the debate pages of University of Stavanger. The magazine currently has no debate pages, which I think is a shame for an academic publication of this kind.

Debate text on transparency published on webpage of UiS

I have taken part in a debate online, on the webpage of University of Stavanger, on the topic "Vald eller tilsett rektor?" [Elected or employed rector?], which was started by permanent member of the board of UiS Bjørn Kvalsvik Nicolaysen, by writing a text entitled "Eksempel på manglende åpenhet" [Example of lacking transparency] (text no. 11) which was published Friday February 21st.

The full text of this brief debate text has also been posted in my Norwegian language blog Utopisk Realisme.

Summary page: Media coverage of Norwegian Human-Animal Studies anthology

Minding Animals Norway has posted an overview of reviews, debate etc. in the wake of the publication of the Norwegian Human-Animal Studies anthology Hvem er villest i landet her? Råskap mot dyr og natur i antropocen, menneskets tidsalder [Who is wildest in this country here? Brutality towards animals and nature in the Anthropocene, the age of Man] - see here. The overview includes mention of (and for the most part links to) no less than twelve media texts/appearances.

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Spartacus:Facsimiles of media coverage of HAS anthology