professor andy miah, phd

ethics | technology | media culture

Publications

Books

Miah, A. (2008) Human Futures: Art in an Age of Uncertainty (FACT and Liverpool University Press)

Miah, A. & Rich, E. (2008,Feb) The Medicalization of Cyberspace. Oxford and New York: Routledge

Medicalization of Cyberspace - Final Cover

Genetically Modified Athletes: Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping, & Sport
London and New York: Routledge (2004)
[93,000 words, currently being translated into Portuguese].
[ISBN: 0415-2988-06]

genetically modified athletes

Forthcoming Authored Books (with Hemphill, D.) (expected, 2009) CyberSport: Digital Games, Ethics & Cultures
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press [80,000 words]

Refereed Journal Articles
Miah, A. (2007) Genetic Selection for Enhanced Health Characteristics,
Journal of International Biotechnology Law, 4(6), in press.

Miah, A. (2007) Genetics, Bioethics & Sport, Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 1(2), 146-158.

Kayser, B., Mauron, A. & Miah, A. (2007) Current Anti-Doping Policy: A Critical Appraisal, Biomedical Central Medical Ethics, 8(2), doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-8.2.

Miah, A. (2006) Rethinking Enhancement in Sport, in Bainbridge, W.S. and M.C. Roco Progress in Convergence, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol, 1093, pp.301-320.

Miah, A. (with Rich, E.) (2006) The Value of an Open Future: Ability, Talent Identification & Genetic Determinism, Sport, Education & Society, 11(3), 259-273.

Miah, A. (with Keyser, B. & Mauron, A.) (2005) Viewpoint: Legalisation of performance-enhancing drugs. The Lancet, Special Supplement on Sport & Medicine, Dec, 366, S21.

Miah, A. (2005) Genetics, Cyberspace and Bioethics: Why Not a Public Engagement with Ethics? Public Understanding of Science 14(4), 409-421. [Ranking 2004 Social Science Edition: 4/27 (History & Philosophy of Science) 20/40 (Communication) Impact Factor 0.739] [ISSN: 0963-6625].

Miah, A. (2005) From Anti-Doping to a ‘Performance Policy’: Sport Technology, Being Human and Doing Ethics, European Journal of Sport Science, 5(1): 51-57 [ISSN: 1746-1391].

Miah, A. (2005) Doping & the Child: Ethics for the Most Vulnerable Group, The Lancet [Sept 10, vol.366, 874-876.].

Miah, A. (2004) The Public Autopsy: Somewhere Between Art, Education, and Entertainment, Journal of Medical Ethics, 30, Dec, 576-579.

Miah, A. (2003) Be Very Afraid: Cyborg Athletes, Transhuman Ideals & Posthumanity, Journal of Evolution & Technology, 13(2), [Available from: http://www.jetpress.org/volume13/miah.html].

Miah, A. (2003) (e)text: Error…404 Not Found!, or the Disappearance of History, Culture Machine: The E-Issue, 5, [Available from: http://culturemachine.tees.ac.uk/frm_f1.htm].

Miah, A. (2003) Genetic Modification (GM) in Sport: Legal Implications, Contemporary Issues in Law, Vol.6(3), pp.207-226 [ISSN: 1357-0374].

Miah, A. (2003) Dead Bodies for the Masses: The British Public Autopsy & the Aftermath, CTHEORY: International Journal of Theory, Technology & Culture, Event-Scene, E119 [Available Online from: http://www.ctheory.net/text_file.asp?pick=363].

Miah, A. (2002) Is bigger better?: A response to the international tennis federation’s ‘bigger balls’ proposal, International Sports Studies, 24(2), pp.19-32.

Miah, A. (2002) Governance, Harmonisation & Genetics: The World Anti-Doping Agency and its European Connections, European Sports Management Quarterly, 2(4), 350-369.

Miah, A. & Garcia, B. (2002, Spring) The Truth About Olympic Truce: Rights, Responsibilities & the Impossibility of Being ‘Global & Apolitical’, Human Rights Tribune, vol.9, No.1. Also available online at: http://www.hri.ca/cftribune/templates/article.cfm?IssueID=22&Section=2&Article=392

Miah, A. (2002) Bioethics, Sport & the Genetically Enhanced Athlete, Journal of Medical Ethics & Bioethics, 9(3-4), 2-6, Also available: www.elis.sk/etika/download/2002-no3&4.pdf

Miah, A. (2002) Immersion and Abstraction in Virtual Sport, Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol.21, 225-233.

Miah, A. (2002) Genes, Sports, and Ethics: A Response to Munthe (2000), Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol.21, 269-289.

Miah, A. (2001) Genetic Technologies and Sport: The New Ethical Issue, Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, XXVIII, 32-52 [ISSN: 0094-8705].

Miah, A. (2001) Genetics, Law and Athletes’ Rights, Sports Law Bulletin, Vol 4(5), pp.10-12. Also available online at:http://www.sportslawbulletin.com/Current/Analysis/Analysis.htm

Miah, A. (2000) The Engineered Athlete: Human Rights in the Genetic Revolution, Culture, Sport, Society, Vol.3, No.3, 25-40 [ISSN: 1461-0981].

Miah, A. (2000) Virtually Nothing: Re-evaluating the Significance of Cyberspace, Leisure Studies, 19:3, 211-225 [ISSN: 0261-4367].

Book Chapters

Miah, A. (2009) A Biocultural View of Performance Genes. For Sands, R. and Moore, P. Reader in Biocultural Perspectives on Sport.

Miah, A. (2009) Be Very Afraid: Cyborg Athletes, Transhumanism and Posthuman Ideals. In: Andrews, D.L. & Silk, M. Physical Cultural Studies.

Miah, A. (2008) Health, Illness and Bodies. In: Albertazzi, D. & Cobley, P. The Media: An Introduction (Third Edition). Pearson.

Miah, A. (2008) Justifying Human Enhancement: The Accumulation of Biocultural Capital. In: Wint, S. Ethical Futures. Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, London.

Miah, A. (2008) The Ethics of Human Enhancement in Sport. In: Luppicini, R. & Rebecca Adell. Handbook of Research on Technoethics. Idea Group Publishing.

Miah, A. Garcia, B. & Zhihui, T. (2008) We Are the Media: Alternative Voices and Non-Accredited Media at the Olympic Games. In Dayan, D. & Price, M. Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China. University of Michigan Press.

Miah, A. (2008) Section Introduction: Ethical Considerations of Human Performance Optimisation. In Taylor, N.A.S., Groeller, H. & McLennan, P.L. ‘Physiological Bases of Human Performance During Work and Exercise, Elsevier.

Miah, A. (2008) The Ethics of Memory Modification in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In Shapshay, S. (Ed) Bioethics Through Film, Johns Hopkins University Press.

Miah, A. (expected, 2008) A Deep Blue Grasshopper: Playing Games with Artificial Intelligence. For Hales Benjamin. Philosophy and Chess, in press.

Miah, A. (2007) Retórica Moral. Ética Aplicada e Doping Genético. In: Rubio, Katia; Reppold Filho, Alberto Reinaldo; Todt, Nelson Schneider; Mesquita, Roberto Maluf De. Ética E Compromisso Social Nos Estudos Olímpicos. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, pp.27-40.

Miah, A. & Garcia, B. (2007) Non-Accredited Media, Olympic Games and the Host City. in Sport & Media. [translated into Chinese-Mandarin].

Miah, A. (expected 2008) Section Introduction: Ethical Considerations of Human Performance Optimisation. In Taylor, N.A.S. ‘Physiological Bases of Human Performance During Work and Exercise, Elsevier.

Miah, A. (2005) Therapeutische ingrepen, niet-therapeutische ingrepen en prestatieverbetering, in Hilvoorde, I. van & Pasveer, B. (eds.). Beter dan Goed. Over genetica en de toekomst van topsport. Diemen: Veen Magazines, pp.138-149 [Dutch].

Miah, A. (2005) Gene Doping: The Shape of Things to Come. In Tamburrini, C.M. and Tannsjo, T. (Eds.) The Genetic Design of Winners. London and New York: Routledge, pp.42-53 [ISBN: 0-415-34237-6].

Miah, A. (2003) Patenting Human DNA, in B. Almond and M. Parker (Eds) Ethical Issues in the New Genetics: Are genes us?, Aldershot, Ashgate, pp.111-117.

Miah, A. (2003) Gene-Doping: Sport, Values & Bioethics. In Glasa, J. (Ed.) The Ethics of Human Genetics. Strasburg, Council of Europe, pp.171-180 [ISBN: 80-88743-51-6].

Miah, A. (2003) …/cybersex/no_gender/no_sexuality/no_body.html In S. LaFont (Ed.) Constructing Sexualities: Readings in Sexuality, Gender, and Culture, New York, Prentice Hall, pp.362-370.

Miah, A. (2001) Simulating Sport In Virtual Arenas. Proceedings of the 11th Association of Sports Information World Congress, Sports Information In The 3rd Millennium. Lausanne, Olympic Museum.

Miah, A. (2001) The Olympic Games and the Cyborg-Athlete: Any Room for Improvement?, Proceedings of the 8th International Post-Graduate Seminar on Olympic Studies, International Olympic Academy, Athens, pp.264-277.

Miah, A. (2000) “New Balls Please”: Tennis, Technology, and the Changing Game. In S. Haake and A.O. Coe (Eds) Tennis, Science, and Technology. London: Blackwell Science, pp.285-292.

Miah, A. (2000) The Human Rights of the Genetically Engineered Athlete, How you play the Game: the contribution of sport to the protection of human rights, University of Technology Sydney, pp.69-77.

Miah, A. (2000) Climbing Upwards or Climbing Backwards? The Technological Metamorphoses of Climbing and Mountaineering, In N. Messenger, W. Patterson, and D. Brook (Eds) The Science of Climbing and Mountaineering. Human Kinetics Publishers, Chapter 27.

Encyclopedia Entries
Miah, A. (2005) Sport Technology, Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics. London: Macmillan.

Miah, A. (2001) Ice Boating, International Encyclopedia of Women and Sport. London: Macmillan, pp.142-143 [ISBN: 0-02-864954-0].

Co-Editor of Refereed Journal, Special Book Edition
(with Eassom, S.B. & Mitcham, C.) (Eds.) (2002) Sport Technology: Philosophy, History and Policy. Special Edition of Research in Philosophy and Technology, 21, Oxford: Elsevier Science [ISBN: 0-7623-0880-X; ISSN: 0161-7249].

Co-Editor of Forthcoming Refereed Journal Special Edition
(with Drake, P.) (2007) The Cultural Politics of Celebrity, Cultural Politics (Berg).

Co-Editor of Journal
Culture at the Olympics: Issues, Trends and Perspectives. Online: http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk [ISSN: 1747-4698].

Review Essays in Refereed Journals
Miah, A. (2005) Virtually Posthuman, review of Virtual Worlds by Pramod Nayar, Delhi: SAGE, 2004.
Media, Culture & Society, 27(4), 626-630.

Miah, A. (2006) Doctor, Can You Fix My Broken Heart? Journal of Medical Humanities [in press].

Miah, A. (2005) Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet by Lisa Nakamura, London and New York: Routledge (2002). Media, Culture & Society, 27(1), 145-147.

Drake, P. and Miah, A. (2004) Playing on the Level: Digital Games Research Association Inaugural Conference Media, Culture, and Society, 26(6), pp.906-909.

Miah, A. (2002) Trigger Happy: The inner life of video games by Steven Poole, Fourth Estate (2001), Media, Culture & Society, 24(6), 855-856.

Miah, A. (2000) Dying to win: Doping in sport and the development of anti-doping policy by Barrie M.J. Houlihan, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing (1999), Sport Education and Society, 5(1), 92-94.

National/International Newspapers/Magazines
Miah, A. (with Matthew Syed) (2006, Oct 18) Digital era taking fans closer to action, The Times, p.82.

Miah, A. (2006). Is Sport Winning the War on Drugs? No. The Guardian. London: p.7.

Miah, A. (with Kayser, B. and Mauron, A.) (2006, Jan 17) En termes de sante publique, la guerre antidopage purrait bien etre un non-sens, Le Monde, p.3.

Miah, A. (2005, Sept) Genetically Modified Athletes, Science & Public Affairs, Magazine of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Miah, A. (2005, Aug) Is ‘Gene Doping’ Wrong?’, Project Syndicate (Newswire), New York.

Miah, A. (2004, Aug 13). Why I believe…that genetic modification might be good for sport and society The Times Higher Education Supplement. London, p.14.

Miah, A. (2004, Aug 1). Genetically Modified Athletes in Athens? Bring them on. The Observer. London, p.9.

Miah, A. (2001, June 1) Soapbox: Why I…believe that genetically engineered athletes might not be cheating, Times Higher Education Supplement, London, p.16.

Miah, A. (2001, April 25) The International Olympic Committee Guarantees Fair Play, Campus Review: Australasia’s Higher Education Newspaper.

Miah, A. (2000, Feb 5) Enter the Superkid, New Scientist, 2224, 54.

Miah, A. (1999, April 2) Readers’ Response to Bill Gates’ new book ‘Business@the Speed of Thought’, Times Higher Education Supplement, 16.

Miah, A. (1999, May 21) Readers’ Response to article about genetically engineering disability, Times Higher Education Supplement, 20.

E-Publications (edited, but not peer reviewed)

Miah, A. (2007) No Go Logo? London 2012’s Branding Hurdle,
Culture @ the Olympics, 9(3), 14-17.

Garcia, B. & Miah, A. (2007) Ever Decreasing Circles: The Profile of culture at the Olympics, Culture @ the Olympics, 9(2), 10-13.

Miah, A. (2002, April) Catching up with Frankenrunner, Sp!ked, Hypertext Document: http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006D86E.htm.

Garcia B. and Miah, A. (2002, March) The Olympics is Not a Sporting Event! Arts and Culture at the 2002 Winter Olympics, In Gauntlett, David (Ed), Some Things about Art and Cities at www.theory.org.uk and NewMediaStudies, Hypertext Document: http://www.newmediastudies.com/art/olympic.htm.

Miah, A. and Garcia, B. (2002, April) The Olympic Games Should Happen Nowhere or Everywhere, Spark Online, 31.0, Hypertext Document: http://www.spark-online.com/issue31/miah-garcia.html.

Miah, A. (2002, Jan) ArtFutura – 12 years later and out of Real-Time, Spark Online 28.0, Hypertext Document: http://www.spark-online.com/issue28/miah.html.

Miah, A. (2001, Nov 29) Letter to Editor: Alcohol Consumption, Spiked-Online, Hypertext Document: http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/00000002D304.htm.

Miah, A. (2001, Nov) Safe Sex on the Internet: hotsex@university.ac.uk!, Spark Online 26.0, Hypertext Document: http://www.spark-online.com/issue26/miah.html.

Miah, A. (2001, Feb) Digitising Sporting Arenas: The end of an arena!, Spark Online 17.0, Hypertext Document: http://www.spark-online.com/february01/trends/miah.html.

García, B. & Miah, A. (2000, November) Olympic ideals and Disney dreams: Opportunities and constraints for cultural representation during Sydney’s Opening Ceremony, Human Kinetics: Social Science and Sport News.

Miah, A. (2000, April) Can you remain faithful in cyberspace?, Spark Online 7.0, Hypertext Document: http://www.spark-online.com/april00/trends/miah.html.

Miah, A. (2000, February) Where Cyborgs can be Heroes: Sport, Genes, and Fair Play, Philosophy News Service: What’s Happening in Philosophy, Hypertext Document, now published on the Forum for the Analysis of Sport Technology website: http://www.fast.paisley.ac.uk.

Miah, A. & Eassom, S.B. (1999, October) International Conference in Philosophy of Sport, Philosophy News Service: What’s Happening in Philosophy.

Miah, A. (1999, September) Human Rights and Sport, Philosophy News Service: What’s Happening in Philosophy.

Miah, A. (1999, June) Sport Ethics in Oslo, Philosophy News Service: What’s Happening in Philosophy.

Other Writing
Drake, P. & Miah, A. (2005) ‘The Final Push’: Live 8 and Celebrity in Scotland, 3-D, MeCCSA Newsletter.

Miah, A. (2002) Genetically Modified Athletes: Some Answers to the Questions Everyone is Asking, News bulletin sport Science & Physical Education, Newsletter of the International Council on Sport Science & Physical Education, pp.32-33.

Miah, A. (2002) The Use of Genetic Information in Sport, Report for the Australian Law Reforms Commission.

Miah, A. (2002) Who says it is wrong? The Role of the International Bioethics Committee, Philosophy Today, Society for Applied Philosophy, p.10. Miah, A. (2001) Closing speech of the 9th Post-Graduate Seminar on Olympic Studies, 2001, International Olympic Academy, Olympia, Greece.

Miah, A. (2000) Genetically Enhancing the Olympic Games, Living Ethics, Journal of the St. James Centre for Ethics, Issue 41, Sydney, Australia.

2 Responses to “Publications”

  1. Abolghassem Golestani said

    I must write an essay for university. The topic is as follow:

    Journalism differ from academic research in many ways. But both oreiented to the same goal: to inquire and to acquire knowldege of the outside world.
    Discuss this statement with reference to at least 6 articles (3 by journalists, 3 from academics).

  2. Abolghassem Golestani said

    Miah, A. and Garcia, B. (2002, April) The Olympic Games Should Happen Nowhere or Everywhere, Spark Online, 31.0, Hypertext Document: http://www.spark-online.com/issue31/miah-garcia.html.

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