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Media coverage of my work
I try to reach a wider audience by interviewing on issues related to my research. I have given over 100 interviews, including live on BBC2 Newsnight, BBC Five Live, World Service, CBC The National among others. I have also written for The Observer, the Independent on Sunday and The Big Issue.

    May, 2008
The technological enhancement of man, Danish Broadcasting Corporation
     
April, 2008
The Evening Standard, requested letter about the Beijing Olympics.
  March, 2008
The Sports Factor, ABc Radio, Blogging at the Beijing Olympics
     
Feb, 2008
ESPN Magazine
 

28 Dec, 2007
BBC World Service, News Hour

     
14 Dec, 2007
CBC, The World at 6pm
  12 Sept, 2007
The Independent
     

24 Aug, 2007
BBC World Service [live]

  Liberation, France: Dimeo, Par Dino. (2007, July 7) Oui, car le sport de haut niveau est deja soi [Questions and Answers].
 
Vogue Magazine, Australia: Walker, Suzanne. (2007, April) Talent Quest, feature on the engineering of talent, p.182-184   (2007, Mar 24) ABC Brisbane,
New Media Futures
     
The Observer (2007, February 4) McKie, Robin. The Drugs do Work   BBC Radio Five Live (2007, Feb 21) Select Committee Report
     
(2006, Nov 15) Globe and Mail, Canada: MacGregor, Roy. Selecting children’s sports with $100 gene-test swabs leaves playtime in the cold   181006,The Times 'Digital Era taking fans closer to action', p.82
     
171006, BBC Radio Scotland 1215-1245; Xenotransplantation.   041006, BBC Radio Five Live 9-10pm.
     
090806, BBC Radio Scotland This Morning.   070806, BBC Radio 5 Live with Anita Anand, debate with Dick Pound, Kris Akabusi and others.
     
190606, BBC Radio 4
Debate with Jim Wilson, Tim Yeo, Bernard Gallagher
 

ProCycling
(print) June, 2006.
who: Daniel Friebe
where: London, UK
what: Gene Genies, pp.79-86.

     

MSNBC

(print) 31 May, 2006.

who: Brian Alexander
where: California, USA
what: Interview on human enhancement technologies and human rights

 

Sky News

(tv) 25 April, 2006.

who: The 7pm Report
where: London UK
what: Interview on human enhancement technologies in sport

     

CBC The Hour
(tv) 14 Feb 2006

who: George Stroumbouopolos
where: Toronto, Canada
what:Genetic Doping

 

CBC Evening News

(tv) 9 Feb 2006

who: Tom Harrington
where: Toronto, Canada
what: Genetic Doping

     

Wonderland Magazine

(print) Feb 2006

who: Lawrence Chiles
where: London, UK
what:
Coming soon, the first Mighty Mouse Olympics

 

Standard Magazine

(print) Feb 2006

who: Mat Gallet
where: France
what: Post-humans vs. Athletes

     

The Times

(print) 19 Dec, 2005

who: Anjana Ahuja
where: London, UK
what:
Coming soon, the first Mighty Mouse Olympics

 

Bloomberg

(print) 16 Dec, 2005

who: Ravi Ubha
where: London UK
what: Drugs should be permitted, Profs Say

     

Globe & Mail

(print) 3 Dec, 2005

who: James Christie
where: Toronto, Canada
what:
higher, faster, stronger... engineered?

 

SkyOne

(tv) 2 Dec, 2005

who: Beverley Turner
where: London UK
what: Interview on virtual reality and sport

     

Politiken

(print) Oct 16, 2005


who: Daniel Bergsagel
where: Denmark
what: Gendoping - vejen til en renere sport

 

Science & Public Affairs

(print) Sept, 2005

who: Andy Miah
where: London, UK
what: Genetically Modified Athletes, why not?

     

Project Syndicate

(print) Aug, 2005


who: Andy Miah
where: Column for newspaper syndicate, picked up by various national press
what: Is 'Gene Doping' Wrong?

 

BBC Focus Magazine

(print) Aug, 2005


who: James Witt
where: London, UK,
what: Superhumans

     

BBC Radio Five Live

(radio) May 26, 2005.

who: Russell Fuller
where: London, UK
what: 100% ME anti-doping UK Sport

 

The Telegraph

(print) May 22, 2005


who: Nick Morgan
where: London, UK,
what: Gene therapy promises the holy grail

     

Orlando Sentinel

(print) May 22, 2005


who: Rick Masse
where: Orlando, USA
what: Gene therapy's impact on sports worries experts

 

The Independent

(print) Apr 27, 2005


who: Clare Rudebeck
where: London, UK, pp.42-43
what:The Eyes Have It (Laser eye surgery for athletes and gene doping)

     

Betterhumans

(print) Apr 04, 2005


who: Simon Smith
where: Toronto, Canada.
what: Sport Enhancement's Biggest Fan

 

Newsday

(print) Mar 20, 2005


who: Michael Dobie
where: NY, USA
what: Therapy or Enhancement

     

BBC Radio Scotland

(radio) Mar 5, 2005.

who: John Beattie and Katie Still
where: Glasgow, UK
what: Sport Technology

 

The Times

(print) Dec 21, 2004.

who: Jemma Chapman.
where: London, UK
what: Gene Test for Child's Sporting Chance

     

Bearsden & Milngavie Extra

(print) Sept 9, 2004.

who: Lesley Brown.
where: Glasgow, Scotland
what: Doctor's Olympic Mission (Olympic Truce)

 

The Herald

(print) Sept 8, 2004.

who: Editorial.
where: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
what: Academics help London's bid for 2012 Olympics

     

The Scotsman

(print) Sept 8, 2004, p.28

who: Doherty, J.
where: Scotland
what: Put peace at centre of London Olympic bid

 

 

Press and Journal

(print) Sept 8, 2004, p.9

who: J. Hill
where: Aberdeen, Scotland
what: Academic study could help bring Olympic Games to London.

The Courier

(print) Sept 8, 2004, p.10

who: Editorial
where: East Lothian, Scotland
what: Bid to raise profile of 'Olympic Truce'

 

 

Paisley Daily Express

(print) Aug 26, 2004.

who: Pennie, D.
where: Paisley, Scotland
what: Uni doc bids to bring Olympics to UK; London 2012 Olympic bid, Athens 2004

Paisley Extra

(print) Aug 26, 2004.

who: by L. Brown
where: Paisley, Scotland
what: A positive Olympic image

 

 

Evening Times

(print) Aug 26, 2004.

who: Editorial
where: Glasgow, Scotland
what: Uni expert in Olympic Challenge; London 2012 Olympic bid

La Nacion

(print) July 26, 2004.

who: by La Nacion reporter
where: Buenos Aires, Argentina
what: GM athletes.

 

 

Folha de Sao Paulo

(print) July 26, 2004.

who: Folha reporter
where: Sao Paulo, Brazil.
what: GM athletes.

The Independent on Sunday

(print) July 25, 2004.

who: by Jonathan Thompson
where: London, UK
what: GM athletes, doping

 

Daily Mail

(print) July 22, 2004.

who: by B. Marsh
where: London, UK
what: Human Fertility and Embryology Authority; 'designer baby'; embryo selection

The Observer

(print) July 26, 2004.

who: by Ken Mitchell
where: London, UK
what: drug use and GM athletes.

 

 

Daily Express

(print) July 22, 2004.

who: by Express reporter
where: London, UK
what: Human Fertility and Embryology Authority; 'designer baby'; embryo selection

Daily Mail

(print) July 21, 2004.

who: by Mail reporter
where: London, UK
what: Human Fertility and Embryology Authority; 'designer baby'; embryo selection

 

 

The Scotsman

(print) July 21, 2004.

who: by D. Stringer
where: Edinburgh, UK
what: Human Fertility and Embryology Authority; 'designer baby'; embryo selection

Contra Costa Times

(print) June, 2004.

who: by Randy Myers
where: San Francisco, USA
what: BALCO and sport technology, burden of proof on doping cases.

 

 

Champions Magazine

(print) June, 2004.

who: Dr. Susan Aldridge
where: UK
what: GM footballers

Paisley Daily Express

(print) May, 2004.

who: Express reporter
where: Scotland, UK
what: human cloning,Nexxus Bioscience club, mediation of ethical issues

BBC1 / BBC News24

(tv) May 20, 2004


who: the morning Show
where: UK and world
what: cyber-romances, European Federation of Sexology Conference.

     

Ergogenics

(online) Jan, 2004.

who: web author
where: online
what: transhumanism, enhancement technology, Journal of Evolution and Technology

 

The Big Issue

(print) Jan, 2004.

who: Big Issue reporter
where: Scotland, UK
what: future of computer games, mobile phone technology with games; cyberculture

     

CBC ' This Morning'

(radio) Oct, 2002.

who: Jennifer Westaway
where: Canada
what: GM athletes, WADA meeting in New York.

 

BBC Sport

(online) Mar, 2002.

who: BBC reporter
where: online
what: GM athletes.

 

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, July 31) Inside the mind of a Marathon man, Nature, 454, in press.

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

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]

Beijing, China c (Aug, 2008)
Chair and Speaker for panel symposium on Emergent Journalistic Cultures at the Olympics, International Symposium on Olympic Research, Beijing National University and University of Western Ontario [outline].

Olympia, Greece i (July, 2008)
Supervising Professor, International Olympic Academy 16th Postgraduate Seminar [Lecture Outlines].

in 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

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

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
         
Brussels, Belgium i (May, 2008)
The ethical and philosophical aspects of enhancement medicine.
  London, UK i (May, 2008)
New Media and the Olympics, Olympic legacy conference, University of Greenwich.
  Liverpool, UK i (April, 2008)
The Future of the Mind,
FACT Human Futures.
         
Oxford, UK a (Mar, 2008)
Olympic Legacies, St Anthony's College, Oxford University.
  London, UK i (Feb, 2008)
Royal College of Art, Lecture for Design Interactions, Emerging Cultures of Nanotechnology
  London, UK i (Feb, 2008)
Royal College of Art, AHRC Seminar on Art & Design in Human Enhancement [brief].
         
Liverpool, UK a (Feb, 2008)
SK-interfaces conference, FACT.
  Liverpool, UK i (Feb, 2008)
Human Futures: What is the future of the body? Artists' seminar in advance of the SK-interfaces meet, @ FACT.
  London, UK i (Jan, 2008)
London Metropolitan University, New Media @ the Olympics.
 
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