A book review I have written has just been published in Biosemiotics.
Reference:
Tønnessen, Morten 2026. A primer on interspecies translation and animal welfare. Book review of Xany Jansen van Vuuren, Interpreting, communication and animal welfare. An ecosemiotic analysis of interspecies translation, De Gruyter Mouton 2025. Biosemiotics. Published online October 9th 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-026-09668-8
Today I was notified that the book CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance has now been published by Open Humanities Press. The book is for sale but also freely available for download (Open Access). I have written two of the entries. The starting point for the book are the terms the Trump administration tried to "ban". Each of those terms has an entry in this book.
References:
— Tønnessen, Morten 2026. Environmental quality. P 84–85 in CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance (eds. Bernd Herzogenrath and Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo). Open Humanities Press. ISBN: 978-1-78542-171-6.
— Tønnessen, Morten 2026. Pollution. P 163–164 in CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance (eds. Bernd Herzogenrath and Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo). Open Humanities Press. ISBN: 978-1-78542-171-6.
I have received my author copy of my chapter "Ecological semiotics" which has now, two years after first being published, appeared as part of the 3rd edition of Elsevier´s Encyclopedia of Ecology.
Previous reference:
— Tønnessen, Morten 2024. Ecological semiotics. Chapter. Encyclopedia of Ecology (3rd edition) (Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences). Elsevier. 9 pp. Planned publication for encyclopedia volumes 2026 . Abstract online October 19th 2024; chapter published November 21st 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21964-1.00018-5.
New reference:
— Tønnessen, Morten 2026. Ecological Semiotics. In: Brian D. Fath (ed.) Encyclopedia of Ecology, 3rd Edition (Hardback ISBN: 9780443219641; eBook ISBN: 9780443219658), vol. 4, pp. 243–251. US: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21964-1.00018-5
Information from Bloomsbury Academic about my forthcoming book Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism has now appeared online. Info includes book summary, Table of Contents, and a blurb by Peder Anker.
The article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in", which I have co-written as second author, has now been published. This is Joakim´s third article in his ph.d. thesis work, and the second article on use of friluftsliv in residential care (child protection) I have co-authored. The article is Open Access.
Reference:
— Joakim Jiri Haaland and Morten Tønnessen 2026. Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth. Published online July 29th 2026. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886571X.2026.2707082
I have been notified that the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in", which I have co-authored with Joakim Jiri Haaland, has been accepted for publication.
Preliminary reference:
Joakim Jiri Haaland and Morten Tønnessen, forthcoming. Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth.
I have been informed by Bloomsbury Academic that the planned publication date for my forthcoming book Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism is February 18th 2027. This is slightly more than 18 months after I submitted the full book manuscript in early August 2025 (I made revisions in May and June this year).
I have been notified that another article emerging from the LIve Better research consortium, featuring me as a co-author based on data collection in Norway, has been accepted for publication and is forthcoming in Emotion.
Preliminary reference:
— forthcoming, Maciej Górski et al. Cultural Variability In The Link Between Affect And Meaning In Life: Evidence From 69 Countries. Emotion.
The book Philosophising with rocks: Henrik Steffens and the Anthropocene (which you can buy, or download for free here) which features my chapter "Steffen´s early outlook reconsidered. Nature conceptions of the industrial-age Anthropocene", is featured in the Spring catalogue of the German publishing house Karl Alber Verlag.
According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.594 citations (+28 since March 31st). This includes 172 citations in 2025 (+5 since March 31st) and 51 citations so far in 2026 (+19 since March 31st). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 46.
My chapter "Semiotics in ethology and zoology", published in volume 2 of the 4 volume set Bloomsbury Semiotics, will later this year be republished in a Paperback edition. According to Bloomsbury Academic the Paperback edition will be available from September 7th, 2026 - but it can already be pre-ordered.
Updated reference:
Tønnessen, Morten 2022. Semiotics in ethology and zoology. Book chapter, in Bloomsbury Semiotics (4 volumes, ed. Jamin Pelkey), volume 2, Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences (ed. Jamin Pelkey and Stéphanie Walsh Matthews), pp. 75–91. Bloomsbury Academic. Hardback edition 2022 (9781350139329); paperback edition 2026 (ISBN 9781350641853).
The book Philosophising with Rocks. Henrik Steffens and the Anthropocene, edited by Benedikt Jager and Marius Timmann Mjaaland, has now been published by Karl Alber Verlag (with contributions in English and German). The book includes my chapter "Steffens´ early outlook reconsidered: Nature conceptions of the industrial-age Anthropocene". This is the second chapter I have written on the work of Steffens, but the first to be published (the first was approved a long time ago but remains to appear in print).
Reference:
Tønnessen, Morten 2026. Steffens´ early outlook reconsidered: Nature conceptions of the industrial-age Anthropocene. Pp. 83–102 in Andreas Benedikt Jager & Marius Timmann Mjaaland (eds.), Philosophizing with Rocks: Henrik Steffens and the Anthropocene. Karl Alber Verlag.
The book is available for sale and as Open Access. See also the chapter on my ResearchGate profile.
Earlier this week, my essay "På sporet av en tapt fremtid" (roughly translating to "In search of a lost future"), which deals with longtermism, was published online in Salongen - nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie.
Reference:
— Tønnessen, Morten 2026. På sporet av en tapt fremtid. Essay. Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie (Salongen.no). Published March 9th 2026. URL: https://www.salongen.no/essay/pa-sporet-av-en-tapt-fremtid/262022
I have now finished registering publications and academic activities in Nasjonalt Vitenarkiv (NVA), which has replaced Current Research Information System in Norway (CRIStin). For 2025 I registered 30 posts, which is a quite normal number of posts for me per year. Altogether, since 2012, I am registered with 417 posts, cf. my profile. Registrations for 2025 include 4 scientific conference presentations, 2 chronicles, 3 journal articles, 3 book chapters, 1 book review, 1 TV interview, and 1 encyclopedia article, among other entries.
I have now completed my writing plan for Spring 2026. I plan for a total of 59,5 writing days, including 45 article writing days (76%) and 14,5 book writing days (24%). This is somewhat less than last Spring (68,5 writing days initially planned) but more than Spring 2024 (47,5 writing days initially planned).
See also:
My book review "Kritisk realisme for viderekomne samfunnsvitere", which appeared in issue 2, 2025 of Fontene Forskning, is now also available as an online article.
See also:
Book review on critical realism published in Fontene Forskning
Yesterday, on my way back from New Year festivities with friends in Oslo, I had half an article writing day devoted to making a writing plan for Spring 2026 (January to June). I had previously made plans for January, and now made further plans for February until early June. I have to finish up today.
This brings the number of writing days this Spring up to 0,5 (thus the title "#0,5").
Today I have been notified that my book review of Critical Realism for Health and Social Research, edited by May-Britt Solem and Dag Jenssen (Routledge, 2025) has been published in Fontene forskning.
Reference:
Tønnessen, Morten 2025: Kritisk realisme for viderekomne samfunnsvitere. Book review. Fontene forskning 2025 18 (2): 89–90.
According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.484 citations (+14 since November 3rd). This includes 131 citations so far in 2025 (+12 since November 3rd). My h-index remains 21 and my i10-index 44.
This Autumn I have written a text for an art catalogue, "Åfjord Art Month 2025", in relation to an art exhibition that takes place this month (November 2025). Specifically, I wrote the text «Reinsdyrets usynlige verden» for Ingvild Melberg Eikeland´s art installation at this art exhibition, which takes place in Åfjord municipality (pp. 48–50 in the art catalogue). An English translation, «The reindeer´s invisible world», is also included in the art catalogue (pp. 51–53). Eikeland´s art work and my text draws on the Umwelt theory of Jakob von Uexküll.
