Interviewed on laying hen breeding in magazine Ren mat

This Spring I was interviewed for a story in the magazine Ren mat, titled "Alle egg i samme kurv" (All eggs in the same basket). The theme for the feature article is the dominant breeding companies in the egg business. Journalist: Anette Schive. The story links to our article "The Ethics of Laying Hen Genetics".

Ethics of laying hen genetics article submitted to JAGE

I have submitted our article "The ethics of laying hen genetics" for Journal of Agricultural and Environmental ethics.

Laying hen genetics ethics article submitted to AJOB

Our article "The ethics of laying hen genetics" has been submitted to American Journal of Bioethics.

Spring´s sixth article writing day

Today I had this Spring´s sixth article writing day. I did a little of this and a little of that - resubmitting "The ethics of laying hen genetics" after some rearrangements, and working on literature lists for three different articles, one of which finished and two in process.

"The ethics of laying hen genetics" revised

Today I have revised - or rather read and commented on - the newest version of our article "The ethics of laying hen genetics", which has Mia Fernyhough as first author.

Autumn´s fifth writing day

Today I had this autumns fifth writing day - and, with 7 hours, the longest so far (I find it practical to have a writing day on Thursdays and then catch up with email and other tasks on Fridays - Monday to Wednesday I am (mostly) teaching).

I did different kinds of work with five different articles (including writing new text on four), so the day was a bit fragmented in terms of focus.

Oxford writing trip coming to an end

My first writing trip, to Oxford, is coming to an end - I will be heading home tomorrow morning. I have not done as much as I hoped, but I have nevertheless: Revised a jointly written article (see previous post); started on and developed a disposition for "The case for minimizing anthropogenic mortality in wildlife mortality", found key, updated sources for "Introducing a notion of accumulated GDP", brainstormed about (and hopefully operationalized) a later article on wasted and wasteful growth (GDP growth vs. human development), and cleared my head concerning realistic academic writing plans for the rest of the year.

"Ethics of laying hen genetics" article revised

The last few days I have edited/revised our joint article "The ethics of laying hen genetics", which I now consider to be at a stage of a full, complete draft.

COST progress report mentioning ethics of laying hen genetics article

GroupHouseNet has compiled and submitted a progress report at 24 months. The report makes reference to the ethics of laying hen genetics article that is in process written by Mia Fernyhough, me and three more.

Research visit by Mia Fernyhough completed

Mia Fernyhough´s research visit at University of Stavanger, hosted by me as part of her/our Short-Term Scientific Mission, has just finished, after two weeks of collaborating of drafting an article on the ethics of laying hen genetics.

STSM in progress; article disposition drafted

Since Monday this week I have been working with Mia Fernyhough as part of a Short-Term Scientific Mission that involves her research visit hosted by me at University of Stavanger. Along with three further collaborators we are working on a scientific article on the ethics of laying hen genetics. Today we completed a disposition.

STSM in preparation

Preparations and plans for the Short-Term Scientific Mission I will host in February are moving ahead, today with a call to coordinate and discuss the way ahead.

STSM on ethics of laying hen breeding approved

Today Mia Fernyhough, Senior Scientific Officer in the Farm Animals Department of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), whom I will host at University of Stavanger, was notified that the COST action GroupHouseNet has approved her application for funding of a Short Term Scientific Mission on the ethics of laying hen breeding, on which we (and a few others) will collaborate.

To host Short-Term Scientific Mission in February

Pending official approval from a COST action, I am in the process of scheduling to receive a research visit in February 2018 where the visiting scholar and myself will work on an article on the ethics of laying hen breeding.

No ethics of laying hen breeding STSM

Apparently, GroupHouseNet did not receive any application for a Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) related to the ethics of laying hen breeding, a prospective project I was involved in.

See also:

GroupHouseNet STSM: Ethics of laying hen breeding

GroupHouseNet STSM: Ethics of laying hen breeding

GroupHouseNet has issued a call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) in 2017-18. I am involved as a host in one of the priority topics:

WG1 Ethics of laying hen breeding, Host Morten Tonnessen, Stavanger, Norway,
(Collaborators Mike Toscano, Christine Nicol, Teun van de Braak) – Ethical considerations of laying hen breeding companies. morten.tonnessen[a]uis.no

Application deadline is August 15th.