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.

Writing trip to Tromsø

I am on my way to Tromsø, for my final trip before the holidays and the final trip funded by my YFF funding (Yngre Fremragende Forskere = Young outstanding researchers). This will be a writing trip, my second such trip.

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.

Back from Amazonas; minor surgery

Yesterday I got back home from my field trip to the Amazonas. Today I underwent minor surgery in relation to a fistula I have amassed (I have Crohns), with insertion of a seton stitch. I am intending to do without any sick leave, except rest today and this weekend.

Abstract evaluation and author feedback for JCSW SI

As a contact person in the editorial team consisting of four gest-editors for the special issue "Welfare in Latin America and the Nordic countries" of Journal of Comparative Social Work, I have just communicated our preliminary decisions (based on abstract submission) and author feedback to authors. The issue is to appear in April 2019.

Grading explained

I have just explained the grading of an exam paper.

Four days in the Amazonas

For the last few days I have been at Pousada Uakari at the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve in the Amazonas (in the municipality of Alvarães). I have attended a number of guided tours, mostly to observe wildlife, but also to visit the indigenous community São José, and heard two popular science lectures. The guides were either indigenous, from one of the communities in the area, or a residing naturalist.