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Biodiversity Festival 2023

Posted on: 16/03/2023 by Ole Sandberg

Me and  several others in the Icelandic collaboration platform for biodiversity, BIODICE, have been working on planning what we call a "biodiversity festival" which is a long series of events highlighting and celebrating the value of biodiversity in Iceland. Biodiversity … Continue reading →

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Völuspá and Nordic Animism for the Anthropocene

Posted on: 23/11/2021 by Ole Sandberg

I am organizing this event Sunday November 28, 14-17.00 at the National Museum of Iceland, Þjóðminjasafn Íslands. Völuspá and Nordic Animism for the Anthropocene What can ancient folk beliefs and practices teach us about ethical relations to nature today? Environmentalist … Continue reading →

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Starting work at the Icelandic Museum of Natural History

Posted on: 01/08/2021 by Ole Sandberg

From August 2021 I will be working at the Icelandic Museum of Natural History doing research and communication on the concept and value of biodiversity.

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Doctoral defense, June 29 2021

Posted on: 19/06/2021 by Ole Sandberg

My doctoral defense will be on June 29, 2021. The name of the thesis is "Life in Solitary: Anthropological Assumptions as Self-Fulfilling Prophecies" (pdf here) The defense will be in Hátíðasalur in Aðalbygging at Háskoli Íslands from 13.00-15.00. It will … Continue reading →

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Article: The Corona Virus as a Crisis for Political Philosophy

Posted on: 21/04/2020 by Ole Sandberg

Read in English on Medium The Corona Virus is also a Crisis for Political Philosophy Philosophical Reflections on State Responses to the Corona Crisis: From Iceland to Denmark. Neither Carl Schmitt, Giorgio Agamben or Thomas Hobbes can help us in … Continue reading →

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