Scheduled to take part in Kåkånomics event on the (lacking) ethics of Norway´s oil fund

I am scheduled to take part in an event during Kåkånomics, which is held in Stavanger October 21st to 24th, titled «Oljefondet og etikken som forsvant» (which translates directly as "The oil fund and the ethics that disappeared"). At the event, which takes place on Friday October 23rd, I will comment on a presentation given by Cecilie Hellestveit, and discuss the topic with her. The event takes place at Norsk Oljemuseum, Stavanger. 

Opening day of master in social studies attended; theory of science course presented

On Monday August 17th I attended part of the opening day for the University of Stavanger´s master in social studies (MSO), and briefly presented the course Theory of science (MSO120), for which I am course coordinator this Autumn semester.

Comments and questions raised in online COEVOLVERS symposium "The significance of semiotics in NBS co-creation"

Today I have featured as commentator in the online symposium "The significance of semiotics in NBS co-creation", which was organised by the ERC-funded research project "Coevolutionary approach to unlock the transformative potential of nature-based solutions for more inclusive and resilient communities (COEVOLVERS)". I commented on presentations by Juha Hiedanpää, Beáta Pántya and Lona Päll, while Riin Magnus chaired the event. About 30 people attended.

See also:

To feature as commentator at COEVOLVERS Nature Based Solutions symposium August 27th

Book launch held in Stavanger

Yesterday I took part in a book launch at Stavanger antikvariat for the book Philsophising with Rocks. Henrik Steffens and the Anthropocene, which includes my chapter "Steffens’ early outlook reconsidered-Nature conceptions of the industrial-age Anthropocene". The event featured music, and a panel with Benedikt Jager, me, and Terje Torkildsen, chaired by Jørg Arne Jørgensen. 19 people attended altogether.

Partaking in 4 events in Stavanger and Oslo next week

I have been scheduled to take place in three more events next week, in addition to Dyreetikkonferansen 2024 (Wednesday November 20, Oslo):

Langsikt-seminar: Hvordan få mest mulig velferd for pengene, med Morten Tønnessen (Oslo, Thursday November 21, 2024) - takes place at 12.00-13.30 at Mech, Nationaltheatret

Academic seminar: Ethics in a time of animal crisis (University of Stavanger, Friday November 22, 2024) - takes place at 10.00-13.00 at University of Stavanger  

Steffens-forelesningen 2024, by Alice Crary: "All justice is animal justice" (University of Stavanger, Thursday November 21, 2024) - takes place at University of Stavanger at 18.00-20.00; I have been asked to introduce her

Forum for forskning restarted - first event November 5th

I am involved in organizing a Forum for forskning event at University of Stavanger Tuesday November 5th. This is the first event under that name for two years, and represents a restart of Forum for forskning, in collaboration with 3 other UIS faculties.

This is the Forum for forskning homepage on UIS intranet. Here is presentation of the event November 5th, "Open Access og Dora-erklæringen" (Open Access and the Dora declaration).

Symposium in Turku: "Animals wild and tame – peering beyond categories"

The Symposium "Animals wild and tame – peering beyond categories" will be held at University of Turku, Finland, 30–31 May 2016. Deadline for abstracts is February 29th. See more info here and Call For Papers here.

Second day of UiS board seminar attended

Today I have attended the second day of the seminar of the board of the University of Stavanger, at Sola Strandhotell. The 2-day event concluded by lunchtime. A lot of interesting people.

Second supervisor seminar held

Today I attended, and helped organize, a supervisor seminar at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies, along with colleague Kjersti Ørvig. 17 people attended the 2 hour seminar, which was focused on supervision of bachelor theses. A similar seminar was held last year.

Planning meeting attended; to chair "researcher stand-up" event

Today I have taken part in another meeting in preparation of a personnel trip to Iceland, at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. During the trip, I will be responsible for the "researcher stand-up", on March 24th, which will involve brief presentations of the research of selected faculty members.

Re-designed homepage for Norwegian Animal Protection Day

Dyreverndagen [the Norwegian Animal Protection Day], to be held in Oslo March 21st 2014, now has a re-designed homepage. Kudos to Hipp Hurra.

Book presentation of The Semiotics of Animal Representations held in Stavanger

On Friday October 24th I participated in a book presentation of The Semiotics of Animal Representations, along with Kadri Tüür, in University of Stavanger's Bokkafeen. The event was organised by the research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EMP151).

Parliament seminar on poultry welfare organised; introductory talk given

On Monday April 7th Minding Animals Norway and Norway's Green Party co-arranged a seminar on animal welfare in the poultry industry in Norway's parliament. The programme included presentations by representatives of Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Ole Fjetland, Mattilsynet), The Council for Animal Ethics (Solveig Marie Stubsjøen, Rådet for dyreetikk), Norwegian Veterinary Institute (Cecilie Mejdell, Veterinærinstituttet) and the poultry industry itself, Norwegian poultry association (Jan Arne Broen, Norsk fjørfelag). Also, a farmer, Halvor Olsen (running Holte gård) presented his experiences after investing in animal welfare.

I was responsible for organising the seminar along with Une Aina Bastholm, and also gave a 10 minute introductory talk, entitled "Dyrevelferd i kyllingnæringen - innledning" [Animal welfare in the poultry industry - introduction]. Some 30 people representing 12 NGOs and industry bodies attended.

See also:

Report from poultry welfare seminar in MAI bulletin #22

Minding Animals parliament seminar reported on in poultry industry magazine

Minding Animals parliament seminar reported on in poultry industry magazine

The seminar on poultry welfare which Minding Animals Norway co-organised with Norway's Green Party in the Norwegian Parliament April 7th is reported on in an article in the magazine Fjørfe (no. 4/ 2014). The article, "Kylling på Stortinget" [Chicken(s) in Parliament], is written by Pål Grønbeck, the general manager of Norsk Fjørfelag [Norwegian poultry association], which publishes the magazine. 

Board meeting of Minding Animals Norway held

This Monday, 3rd of March, I attended and chaired the board meeting of Minding Animals Norway. Topics included plans for several events this year (to be announced).

Norwegian Animal Welfare Day postponed

The Norwegian Animal Welfare day - "Dyreverndagen" in Norwegian - which is to be arranged in Oslo by a working group under Minding Animals Norway, will not be held April 26th 2014 at Ingensteds, as originally planned, but at some later point, likely early 2015. While the initiator Simen Mørstad Johansen continues in the working group as Program officer, Hilde Valbjørn Hagelin is taking over the leadership of the working group.

See also:

To speak at Norwegian Animal Welfare Day

Research seminar on wolves, jackals and domesticated animals in UiS calendar

The 1st Norwegian research seminar of the Norwegian-Estonian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EEA Norway Grants EMP151), which will take place this Friday, has some time ago (in the middle of November or so) been included in the calendar of University of Stavanger - see here.

Academic events: Lists updated

I've updated, in the right sidebar, the "Upcoming academic events" list (now reduced to 8 entries) and the "Past events (2012-)" list (now as many as 20 entries). Both lists include only academic events that I am somehow involved in.

"Past events (-2011)" lists a further 25 events, thus bringing the total of academic events up to 53 as of now.

Updated with 3 events: Past academic events

I have updated the link list "Past events (2012-)", to be found in the sidebar on the right, with these three academic events (the list only includes events where I have somehow been involved):

• Theresearch seminar "Biosemiotics and study of culture" (Tartu, Estonia,July 16, 2012)
• 27th International Summer School for Semiotic and Structural Studies (2012 - June8-12, Imatra, Finland)
• The symposium “Nordic Semiotic Paradigms – NASS 25 years: Where do Cognitive, Bio-and Existential Semiotics Meet?” (Imatra, Finland, June 9, 2012)
• http://www.isisemiotics.fi/summer-school-2012.html

The symposium (3) was part of the summer school (2).