Contract with Bloomsbury signed

I have signed a contract with Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, in relation to the semiotics reference work I am contributing to with a chapter titled "Semiotics in ethology and zoology".

UiO examiner contract signed

I have signed a contract with University of Oslo concerning my role as external examiner for two master theses in philosophy, with animal themes, this August.

New contract with Springer signed

I have just signed my second consecutive contract with Springer as an Editor-in-Chief of Biosemiotics. This one runs until the end of 2020. I have been one of three Editors-in-Chief of the journal since summer 2013.

Contract with UiS Business School signed (again)

Today I have signed a work contract (again), in relation to my employment August 1st to December 31st at University of Stavanger´s UiS Business School, as Associate professor of philosophy. Not the last time, because there was a mistake in the contract, so I´ll have to sign a revised version next week. I´ll get my August salary, as well as my September salary, in September.

Another employment contract accepted

Today I have confirmed in writing that I accept the offer of another contract with University of Stavanger's Department of Social Studies (50% position August 2015 - July 2016 as Associate professor of philosophy). By the end of this contract I will have been temporarily employed at University of Stavanger, on various overlapping contracts (and for three different departments), for 4 1/2 years.

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Performance appraisal 2015 - and plans for next academic year

Meeting on PHCC master course; contract signed

Today I have been in a meeting with UiS EVU, and later on signed a contract with them as responsible (course coordinator and sole teacher) for the course "Philosophy of Science and Health Care Ethics" as part of the PCHH (Pre-Hospital Critical Care) Master. The course will be taught over this autumn and next Spring (2 x whole 3 days of teaching).

Contract for position at Department of social studies signed; in effect from August 1st

Some time back I signed my employment contract at Department of Social Studies (see "To be employed by Department of social studies", posted January 31st). This employment (Associate professor in philosophy, 50 % position) runs from August 1st 2014 to July 31st 2015 (not July to June). In addition to teaching duties this autumn, I will be responsible for supervision of both bachelor and master students finishing their theses in spring 2015.

Graded parental leave, part 2

Starting today and lasting until March 14th, I'm on 75 % graded parental leave (combined with 25 % employment contract with University of Stavanger's Department of health studies - until June 30th; 10 % research contract starting March 15th).

Budget for Norwegian part of research project composed and signed

The last week I have taken part in composing the UiS/Norwegian project budget for the Norwegian-Estonian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (2013-2016), which involves a contractual value of 763.040 NOK and a total budget of 803.070 NOK. The budget was drafted November 14th, and eventually after some adjustments signed by my Head of department (and myself) on November 19th.

Contract for Norwegian-Estonian research project signed; employment and shared office agreed on

Tuesday last week the Partnership Agreement between University of Tartu and University of Stavanger was signed by Department of Health Studies' Head of Department Kari Vevatne, on behalf of the University of Stavanger. The 32 page document, which I had gone through with a research consultant at the university (we had a meeting October 15th) and signed with my initials page by page so as to confirm that I vouch for it, was then posted to Tartu. The contract regulates the research collaboration involved in the project "Animals in Changing Environments: Cultural Mediation and Semiotic Analysis".

As part of the project work - where I'm the Norwegian project leader - I will be employed in a 10% position from March 15th 2014 to April 30th 2016. During my meeting with my Head of Department she also confirmed that I'll get a shared office in the project period (starting next summer, until then I have my own office, based on my current employment contract).

Contracted as co-Editor-in-Chief of Biosemiotics

In the end of June I was offered the position as co-Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Biosemiotics, along with Timo Maran (co-Editor-in-Chief) and Alexei Sharov (lead Editor-in-Chief) - and accepted. I think this is a good solution for the journal - an arrangement I am very comfortable with. I am honored to be part of the team that will take the journal forward.

My contract with Springer Science+Business Media, the world's second-biggest academic journal publisher, with validity from July 1st 2013 to June 30th 2018, was signed on June 25th and completed on June 27th.

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Biosemiotics achieves ISI acceptance and indexing

Suggested as Editor-in-Chief of Biosemiotics; input on the field given

My vision for the journal Biosemiotics

Contract for another year at UiS signed

April 15th I signed another contract with the University of Stavanger - my third. I will be employed in a 100% position from July 1st to December 31st 2013 and in a 25% position from January 1st to June 30th 2014. As in the current academic year, my responsibility will envelop teaching and grading in Examen Philosophicum - introductory philosophy (regular course in autumn, internet/gathering-based course in spring), and a master course in the philosophy of science and ethics (in autumn).

I started in my position as an Associate professor at Department of Health Studies January 1st 2012. It is in the main related to the research leave of Professor Sebastian Rehnman.