Two recent issues of the NASS newsletter (semiotics)

Since I last mentioned it here in the blog, the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS) has issued two new newsletters:

NASS Newsletter 25_2024 (Autumn), issued in November 2024

NASS Newsletter 26_2025 (Spring), issued in April 2025

I am a co-editor of the newsletter along with primus motor Inesa Sahakyan. Here is a link to all NASS newsletters published to date.

IACS5 plenary speakers presented in cognitive semiotics newsletter

The 2023 newsletter of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics, IACS News, published in December, includes presentation of the six plenary speakers for the forthcoming IACS conference to be held in Lund, Sweden this Summer (August 15th to 17th), with the theme "Crises of meaning". 

The newsletter can be read in full here.

October 2023 News from the International Society for Quality-Of-Life Studies

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA" is mentioned in the email newsletter "October 2023 News from the International Society for Quality-Of-Life Studies", circulated today.

See also:

"Wasted GDP in the USA" featured in ISQOLS monthly newsletter (which concerned the "members only" newsletter)

20th NASS newsletter

The 20th Newsletter of the Nordic Association for Semiotic studies has been issued and is available along with other newsletters here. Inesa Sahakyan and Lauri Linaks are newsletter editors. The NASS newsletter has been issued since 2012.

NASS letter no. 16

The Spring 2020 newsletter of the Nordic Association for semiotic studies (NASS) has appeared (distributed by email). It will soon appear here.

"The ethics of laying hen genetics" featured in Viten newsletter

Our article "The ethics of laying hen genetics" is featured today in the newsletter "Viten" #7, 2020 (distributed today), distributed by the Norwegian Animal Protection organization Dyrevernalliansen (by email):

Avlsproblemer for verpehøns
Avlen for intensiv egglegging har medført at verpehøns har betydelige velferdsproblemer. Forskere tilknyttet GroupHouseNet-prosjektet har kartlagt statusen internasjonalt, som domineres av fire avlskonserner. Foreløpig tilbyr ikke disse konsernene alternative raser med påvist betydelig bedre velferd, og konsernene unnlater å publisere informasjon som kunne ha blitt brukt til å utvikle slike bedre rasealternativer.

Kilde: Fernyhough M. et al., "The ethics of laying hen genetics", Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 33:15-26, 2020.

Our article is Open Access and therefore freely available for download.

UIS PR for Forskningsdagene

The University of Stavanger has published a news story titled "Kan marknaden redde klimaet, eller går verda til helvetet?" (Can the market save the climate, or does the world go to hell?) about UIS events during Forskningsdagene. A profile photo of me is included. The same photo is featured in the most recent UIS newsletter (distributed by email today).

14th newsletter of MAN

Some days ago I composed and distributed the 14th newsletter of Minding Animals Norway, via email, from Mexico City.

13th newsletter of MAN

I have just finished and distributed the 13th newsletter of Minding Animals Norway - which will from now on be sent as email (rather than PDF attachment).

10th newsletter of NASS finished; call for GA in Kaunas

I have just taken part in finishing the 10th newsletter of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies, along with Inesa Sahakyan. The issue includes a call for the NASS general assembly, to take place June 30th in Kaunas, Lithuania.

12th newsletter of Minding Animals Norway made and sent

I have just composed and distributed the 12th newsletter of Minding Animals Norway (6 pp), including a call for the general meeting 2016 and info on the 5th Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference.

9th newsletter of NASS finished

Today I have taken part in finishing the 9th newsletter of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies, which I edit along with Inesa Sahakyan.

Biosemiotics blogpost featured in Springer newsletter

Our blogpost "Biosemiotics: Making sense of Nature" is depicted and linked to in a newsletter from Springer´s LifeScienceToday featuring the LiceScienceToday blog.

11th newsletter of Minding Animals Norway

Last week I composed and distributed the 11th newsletter of Minding Animals Norway, to its ca. 60 members. 5pp.

9th newsletter of Minding Animals Norway

The 9th newsletter of Minding Animals Norway was distributed Wednesday this week. This was the first issue not to be edited by me - but by Frodde Bakke Bjerkevik and Gunnar Kornberg. The issue included the call for this year´s annual meeting.

Nordic semiotics homepage updated

I´ve recently updated the webpage of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies.

Updates include:
 - 8th newsletter of NASS uploaded
 - CFP from the journal Cognitive Semiotics

8th newsletter of Minding Animals Norway composed and distributed

Yesterday I composed and distributed the 8th issue of the newsletter of Minding Animals Norway (6 pp). Excerpt below.

8th NASS newsletter composed and distributed

Some days back, in collaboration with co-editor Inesa Sahakyan, I finished the 8th newsletter of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (12 pp). It has been distributed to all NASS members, including participants of the upcoming conference NASS IX (Tartu, August 17-20).

7th Nordic semiotics (NASS) newsletter prepared

This week I have taken part in composing the 7th newsletter of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS), along with fellow Newsletter editor Inesa Sahakyan.

NASS webpage updated

Today I have updated the webpage of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS). The updates include the 6th newsletter of NASS (Autumn 2014), and the 2nd Call for papers for NASS IX (Tartu, 17-20 August 2015 - abstract deadline March 2nd) - with a link to the eight accepted session topics.