Letter to the editor on philosophy and animals published in Nationen in September

On September forth my letter to the editor "Må ikke være filosof for å forstå at dyr lider" (literally: Don´t have to be a philosopher to understand that animals suffer) was published in the Norwegian daily Nationen.

"Farewell, civilization" - opinion peace in Khrono

Yesterday my letter to the editor "Farvel, sivilisasjon" (Farewell, civilization) was published in Khrono. The text draws on Peter Wessel Zapffe´s "Farvel, Norge" (1958) and relates to a debate about academic studies started by politician and member of parliament Peter C. Frølich.

Letter to the editor in SA on CCS

Today a letter to the editor I have written titled "Fanget av tidsånden" (about Carbon Capture and Storage) is published in the paper version of Stavanger Aftenblad, in response to a chronicle titled "Stavanger-regionen kan ta en lederrolle i karbonfangst" which was published a few days ago. My letter to the editor was published online yesterday.

Commentary to Jablonka and Ginsburg "Understanding subjecthood and experience" published in Biosemiotics

My correspondence text "Understanding subjecthood and experience" has just been published in Biosemiotics. This is a brief commentary written in response to Jablonka & Ginsburg´s 2023 article "Living and experiencing: Response to commentaries", which I felt misrepresented my views.

Reference:

Tønnessen, Morten 2024. Understanding subjecthood and experience. Correspondence. Biosemiotics. Published online March 15th 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-024-09557-y 

University board discussion of suggested work planning guidelines; new Khrono story

Last afternoon Khrono published the story "Vil ha nye retningslinjer for forskningstid stoppet" (Wants new guidelines for research time stopped), focused on discussion, to put it mildly, in the university board about the University of Stavanger leadership´s suggestions for new work planning guidelines. With indirect reference to my statements published in Khrono earlier, board member Ketil Fred Hansen said during the University of Stavanger board meeting yesterday that "— Vi blir ikke redusert til å være en høgskole gjennom dette, men vi havner ned på nivået til en videregående skole" (— We are not reduced to being a university college by this, but end up down on the level of a high school). 

In the board meeting, which was streamed and can be watched here, he backed this up by saying that certain high schools give teachers more time to prepare for teaching than the UIS leadership has now suggested in the new work planning guidelines. In the board meeting, the Khrono coverage featuring me (letter to the editor and interview respectively) was referred to by both board members representing UIS employees, and by Director of business management and development John Viflot, although I was not mentioned by name (but mentioned by Hansen as "one of our colleagues").

Hansen said the suggested guidelines should be withdrawn, and that he has demanded that the university board, not rector Klaus Mohn, makes any decision related to new work planning guidelines. This was supported by several other board members.

#23,5

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 800 words added to my article "Applied Umwelt theory in the context of phenomenological triangulation and descriptive phenomenology", and my letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" proof-read. So far this Spring I have logged 23,5 writing days.

Letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" accepted by Biosemiotics

I have been notified that my commentary "Understanding subjecthood and experience" has been accepted for publication in Biosemiotics. I have revised it in one round.

See also:

Letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" written and submitted to Biosemiotics

Stories no longer among Khrono´s 5 most-read; summary

Until last evening - Wednesday March 6th - the two stories on Khrono featuring me, including my letter to the editor, was among the 5 most-read stories there. From this morning onwards they were out of the most-read list. The news story featuring an interview with me was among Khrono´s 5 most-read stories from Wednesday February 28th to Wednesday March 6th (8 days). My letter to the editor was among the 5 most-read stories on Khrono from Friday March 1st to Wednesday March 6th (6 days).

See also:

The two most-read stories on Khrono

New Khrono follow-up story; two stories still among 5 most-read

New Khrono follow-up story; two stories still among 5 most-read

Yesterday Khrono published the news story "Store variasjoner i forskningstid landet rundt", another follow-up to the story based on an interview with me published Wednesday last week.

The intitial story was the second-most read story on Khrono as of yesterday, Monday afternoon, after having been the most-read story until Sunday evening (since Wednesday evening, i.e. for 4 consecutive days), while my letter to the editor on "Høyskolevisjonen for UIS" was the 3rd most-read, after having been the 2nd most-read from Friday evening until at some point on Sunday.

See also:

The two most-read stories on Khrono

The two most-read stories on Khrono

The news story featuring an interview with me on the University of Stavanger´s suggested new guidelines for work planning is still the most-read story on Khrono. Earlier today, my (related) letter to the editor "Høyskolevisjonen for UIS" entered the top 5 list; now it has climbed to no. 2., so that I´m currently involved in the two most-read stories on Khrono.

See also:

Most-read story on Khrono

Follow-up news story in Khrono

Follow-up news story in Khrono

Khrono has published a follow-up news story to the news story published Wednesday featuring an interview with me on the University of Stavanger´s suggested guidelines for work planning. The news story is titled "Guro Lind: — Dette er en farlig vei å gå og jeg blir dypt bekymret" (Guro Lind: This is a dangerous path to go down and I am deeply concerned), and features comments by Guro Lind, Head of the Norwegian trade union Forskerforbundet, a trade union for researchers, as well as by professor Tony Burner. The news story also refers to comments made to the original story on Khrono and Facebook. The new story links to the original story, and to my related letter to the editor, but does not mention me by name.

#11

Today I have had an article writing day, #11 this Spring. I have assessed and done minor editing in the article "Hva Arne Næss kan lære oss om økonomifagets tverrfaglighet" (direct translation: What Arne Næss can teach us about the interdisciplinary of economics), and submitted it to Agora on behalf of Jan Karlstrøm, Thomas Hylland Eriksen and myself. I further revised my letter to the editor of Biosemiotics titled "Understanding subjecthood and experience" by adding a paragraph on request, and resubmitted it. Finally, I did some editing of and commenting on text for Mars and the Earthlings. Altogether I wrote some 250 words.

#2,5

Today I have had an article writing day, #2,5 this Spring, with some 1.100 words written altogether, mostly on the letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" (see previous post), and secondarily on the book chapter "Ecological semiotics".

Letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" written and submitted to Biosemiotics

Today I have written and submitted a Letter to the editor - or Correspondence - to Biosemiotics, titled "Understanding subjecthood and experience", in response to Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg´s article "Living and Experiencing: Response to Commentaries", which was recently published in Biosemiotics.

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Jablonka and Ginsburg´s response to my commentary on their target article; with comments

Opinion piece "Hvor grønt har Universitetet i Stavanger blitt?" published in Khrono

An opinion piece I wrote today, "Hvor grønt har Universitetet i Stavanger blitt?" (in reply to Harald N. Røstvik´s opinion piece "Er UIS fortsatt "Oljeuniversitetet i Stavanger"?") has been published in Khrono.

Letter to the editor published in Stavanger Aftenblad March 6th

On March 6th I had a letter to the editor titled "Tid for selvkritikk i Stavanger kommune og Aftenbladet" published in the regional daily Stavanger Aftenblad.

#37,5

Today I have had article writing day no. 37,5 this Spring, with work done on my UNDP letter and wasted growth articles, and some 200 words added net.

Letter "The HDI´s maximum limit for income is unfounded" rejected, submitted again

My Letter "The HDI´s maximum limit for income is unfounded" was rejected by Science, I have now submitted it to Nature.

Chronicle with CCS criticism, replies

My chronicle "Om 10.000 år, hvem tar regningen for vår karbon­fangst og -lagring?" was published in the daily newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad November 16th. A reply, "Alt tilsier at lagring er trygt over et tidsrom på 10.000 år" by professors Helge Hellevang and Snorre Olaussen, was published November 25, to which I replied with "Om 100 år er alt glemt?", published December 2nd.

Letter to the editor - October 2020

On October 26th the letter to the editor "Filosofimiljøet ved UIS ønsker årsstudium" was printed in Stavanger Aftenblad. It was signed by me and Tarjei Mandt Larsen.