Involvement in ph.d. assessment and defense of Margrethe Voll Storaas

Earlier this year I have taken part in the assessment of the ph.d. thesis of Margrethe Voll Storaas for the  Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (specifically their Department of Sport and Social Sciences), along with Ørnulf Seippel and Kathinka Evers. In a couple of weeks I will act as first opponent at her public ph.d. defense, which has been scheduled for October 17th (see announcement).

Programme:

10.15–11.00 Trial lecture on the topic “The ecology of the non-human body in the Anthropocene: Comparing the human and non-human body" 

13.00–16.00 Public defense of the thesis "As Agent and Environment: A Biosemiotic Understanding of the Moving Body within Ecology and Technology through Case Studies in Sport" followed by a discussion 

In addition to in person attendance, it will also be possible to watch the defense live on the YouTube channel of the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

Opponent at Mathias Klitgård´s 90% ph.d. seminar

Today I have served as the internal opponent at Mathias Klitgård´s 90 % ph.d. seminar devoted to discussion of their work, at University of Stavanger, digitally. Birgit Kaiser was the external opponent.

2 meetings Friday; opponent at Juan Mendoza-Collazos´ ph.d. defense at Lund university, Sweden, this weekend

On Friday I had 2 meetings at UIS. 

This weekend I have been faculty opponent at the ph.d. defense of Juan Mendoza-Collazos´, who defended the thesis "Agency and Artefacts: A cognitive semiotic exploration of design" at Lund university, in Lund, Sweden, December 17th. My presentation and opposition in dialogue with the candidate went on for about two and a half hours. Some 35 people attended, most of which physically.

Related to the ph.d. defense, I also attended an informal dinner Friday evening, and a celebration party Saturday evening.

To be opponent at Juan Mendoza-Collazos´ ph.d. defence

I will be the opponent at Juan Mendoza-Collazos´ ph.d. defence of the thesis "Agency and Artefacts: A cognitive semiotic exploration of design", which is to take place at Lund university, in Lund, Sweden, on December 17th 2022. More info and link to the ph.d. thesis here.

To be opponent at 50% seminar of Emilie Bryne

On Wednesday September 30th at 10-12, I will be first opponent at the 50 % (mid-way) seminar of ph.d. candidate Emilie Bryne, whose ph.d. project is entitled "A realist evaluation of a dental service for people who have been victims of torture, abuse or suffer from dental phobia (TADA)" (main supervisor: Sarah Hean). The event will be streamed via Microsoft Teams.

MA defence conducted, on Uexküll and Damasio

This Thursday, two days ago, I took part as opponent in Mara Woods' defence of her MA thesis "Modelling affective habit into Jakob von Uexküll's functional cycle".

Beforehand I had sent her, the chair of the committee and her supervisor a three-page written evaluation, commenting on positive and negative aspects of the thesis and posing some questions. The defence lasted for half an hour.

Pre-defense of MA thesis on Uexküll and Damasio taken place

As mentioned earlier I will not only be opponent at Mara Woods' defense of her MA thesis "Modelling affect into Jakob von Uexküll's functional cycle", but would be an opponent at her pre-defense as well. And so I was, concluding that phase of the evaluation/input work Monday July 18th.

Woods' draft of MA thesis was accepted by the pre-defense committe for the next step: Finalization and then defense. My co-opponent was Davide Weible.

Opponent at pre-defense as well

Four months ago I noted that I would be appointed as opponent at Mara Woods' defense of master degree. A few days ago I was asked to be an opponent (one out of two) at her pre-defense as well. This pre-defense will take place in the week July 11-18. I have earlier confirmed that I will still be the opponent at the defense which has been rescheduled for August (it was originally scheduled to take place in the very end of May).

Opponent at MA defense

A couple of days ago I was asked to be the opponent at Mara Wood's MA defense at the Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu, which will take place May 30th or May 31st (I will take part through Skype). The title of her MA thesis is "Modelling affect into Jakob von Uexküll's functional circle".