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Popular Science: The Rules of Engagement

Glasgow, UK i (Apr, 2007)
Society for Experimental Biology, presentation on 'Science Communication'.

 

 

 

 

This presentation appeals to a scientific method for studies into public engagement with science, thus providing an evidence base for thinking through the value of such work. It describes differing models of public engagement that can inform a scientist’s interactions with the public, government and the media. The second part draws on personal experiences of the speaker in relation to his published book ‘Genetically Modified Athletes’ (2004). The case study explains the various narratives and expectations that can arise in the context of science, from the technical to the moral, and the value of remaining an integral contributor to the shaping of public understanding.

 

 

     
 

resarch interests

art&design // bioethics // china // cyberculture // ethics // law // medicine // olympics // outer space // politics // public engagement with science // science // sport // technology

just published

Miah, A. (2008, Oct) 17 Days in Beiing, Centre for Olympic Studies, Barcelona.

Miah, A. (2008, Aug 3) Enhance Athletes: It's Only Natural, Washington Post.

Miah, A. (2008, July 31) Inside the Mind of a Marathon man, Nature, 454, 583-4.

Miah, A. (2008) Paralympics 2.0, Bioethics Forum, The Hastings Center.

Miah, A. (2008) Letter to Utopia: A Reply to Bostrom, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(1).

Miah, A. (2008) Engineering Greater Resilience or Radical Transhuman Enhancement, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(1).

my next event

Liverpool, UK i (30 Oct, 2008)
Book launch: Human Futures, and BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival.

London, UK i (14 Oct, 2008)
BioCentre 2008 series: "People Power for the Third Millennium: Technology, Democracy and Human Rights, Symposoium on "Arts and Technology: the role of the arts in democratic policy making".

Glasgow, Scotland i (30 Sept, 2008)
Our Cultural & Moral Commitment to Discover, Create, and Support New Life Forms, for LESS REMOTE: The Futures of Space Exploration: an Arts & Humanities Symposium, International Astronautical Congress, SEC, Glasgow, Scotland [abstract]

in press

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

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

Miah, A. (2008) Playing Games with Artificial Intelligence. Hale, B. (Ed) Philosophy Looks at Chess . Open Court Press.

Miah, A. (2008). Posthumanism: A Critical History. In Gordijn, B. & Chadwick, R. 'Medical Enhancements and Posthumanity. Springer.

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

 

just published

Stein, D.J. (2008) Philosophy of Psychopharmacology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.118.

More, P. (2008) Enhancing Me: The Hope and the Hype of Human Enhancement. John Wiley & Sons, p.249.

Christian Lenk, Nils Hoppe & Roberto Andorno (2007) Ethics and Law of Intellectual Property: Current Problems in Politics, Science and Technology (Applied Legal Philosophy), Ashgate, p.84.

Zwart, N. H. (2007). "Genomics and self-knowledge: implications for societal research and debate." New Genetics and Society 26(2): 181-202.

Mitchell, C. B., E. D. Pellegrino, et al. (2007). Biotechnology and the Human Good. Washington, DC., Georgetown University Press.

Peters, H. P., J. T. Lang, et al. (2007). "Culture and Technological Innovation: Impact of Institutional Trust and Appreciation of Nature on Attitudes towards Food Biotechnology in the USA and Germany." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 19(2): 191-220.

House of Commons Select Committee, Science And Technology (2007) Report on Human Enhancement Technologies in Sport.

Koolstra CM, Bos MJW, Vermeulen IE. Through which medium should science information professionals communicate with the public: television or the internet? Journal of Science Communication 2006;5(3):1-8.

   

interviews

Oct, 2008
The Independent, Visionaries feature

Aug, 2008
ITN News,
The Telegraph,
Evening Standard,
Washington Post,

May, 2008
The technological enhancement of man, Danish Broadcasting Corporation

April, 2008
Evening Standard
Beijing 2008 Olympics and Protest

March, 2008
The Sports Factor, ABC Radio, Blogging at the Beijing Olympics

Feb, 2008
ESPN Magazine.

flashback

 

recent places
         
London, UK i (14 Oct, 2008)
BioCentre 2008 series: "People Power for the Third Millennium: Technology, Democracy and Human Rights, Symposoium on "Arts and Technology: the role of the arts in democratic policy making".
  Glasgow, Scotland i (30 Sept, 2008)
Our Cultural & Moral Commitment to Discover, Create, and Support New Life Forms, for LESS REMOTE: The Futures of Space Exploration: an Arts & Humanities Symposium, International Astronautical Congress, SEC, Glasgow, Scotland [abstract]
  Oxford, Scotland i (29 Sept, 2008)
Workshop on Innovative Media for the Digital Economy, Oxford E-Research Centre, Oxford University
         
Beijing, China c (5 Aug, 2008)
Chair and Speaker for panel symposium on Emergent Journalistic Cultures at the Olympics [outline]
  Olympia, Greece i (20 July, 2008)
Supervising Professor, International Olympic Acadmy 16th Postgraduate Seminar [Lecture Outlines].
  Leeds, UK c (16 July, 2008)
Ambush Media: Journalistic Freedom & Media Politics at the Beijing Olympics, Olympic Politics and Protest, Leeds Metropolitan University [abstract].
         
London, UK ia (4 July, 2008)
Research Cluster on Innovative Media for a Digital Economy: Health Industries Workshop, British Medical Association House.
  Liverpool, UK i (July, 2008)
Keynote, Body & Economy, London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, FACT.
  Chicago , USA ia (Jun, 2008)
2016 Olympic Bid conference, the contribution of the arts.
 
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