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2005.06 - Medical Law in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow  
Writing
My research is framed by an interest in applied philosophical questions concerning technology. The keywords at the top right hand side of this page provide an overview of areas of research on which I have written and published. They also provide brief guides to these subject areas.

On this page, you will find lists of my publications with a focus on most recent articles and books. If you would like to receive any of my articles, please feel welcome to email me



authored monographs
     

medicalization of cyberspaceThe Medicalization of Cyberspace
Routledge, Feb 2008

Co-authored book with Dr. Emma Rich

 

genetically modified athletesGenetically Modified Athletes
Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping, and Sport

Routledge, 2004

     

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), article 7.

Miah, A. (2008) Engineering Greater Resilience or Radical Transhuman Enhancement, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(1) article 5.

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., A. Mauron, et al. (2007). "Current Anti-Doping: A Critical Appraisal." BMC Medical Ethics 8(2): doi:10.1186/1472-6939-8-2

Miah, A. (2006) Rethinking Enhancement in Sport, In Bainbridge, W.S. & Roco, M.C. 'Progress in Convergence: Technologies for Human Wellbeing.' Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol.1093, pp.301-320.

Miah, A. & Rich, E. (2006) Genetic Tests for Ability?: Talent Identification and the Value of an Open Future, Sport, Education and Society, 11(3), pp.259-273.

Miah, A. (2006) Cyberspace, Genetics & Bioethics: Why Not a Public Engagement with Ethics Public Understanding of Science, 14(4), 409-421.

Miah, A. (2005, Dec) Viewpoint: Legalization of Drugs in Sport, The Lancet, vol.366, S21.

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

Miah, A. (2005) From Anti-Doping to a Performance Policy: Sport Technology, Being Human & Doing Ethics, European Journal of Sport Science, 5(1): 51-57.

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

Be Very Afraid: Cyborg Athletes, Transhuman Ideals & Posthumanity (2003) Journal of Evolution & Technology, 13(2)

(e)text: Error…404 Not Found!, or the Disappearance of History (2003)
Culture Machine: The E-Issue, 5,

Genetic Modification (GM) in Sport: Legal Implications, Contemporary Issues in Law, Vol.6(3), pp.207-226.

Dead Bodies for the Masses: The British Public Autopsy & the Aftermath (2003) CTHEORY: International Journal of Theory, Technology & Culture, Event-Scene, E119

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

Governance, Harmonisation & Genetics: The World Anti-Doping Agency and its European Connections,
(2003) European Sports Management Quarterly, 2(4), 350-369.

The Truth About Olympic Truce: Rights, Responsibilities & the Impossibility of Being Global & Apolitical (2002, with B. Garcia)
Human Rights Tribune, vol.9, No.1.

Bioethics, Sport & the Genetically Enhanced Athlete (2002)
Journal of Medical Ethics & Bioethics, 9(3-4), 2-6.

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

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

Genetics, Law and Athletes’ Rights (2001) Sports Law Bulletin, Vol 4(5), pp.10-12.

Genetic Technologies and Sport: The New Ethical Issue (2001)
Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, XXVIII, 32-52. The Engineered Athlete: Human Rights in the Genetic Revolution (2000), Culture, Sport, Society, Vol.3, No.3, 25-40.

Virtually Nothing: Re-evaluating the Significance of Cyberspace (2000)
Leisure Studies, 19:3, 211-225.

review essays

Miah, A. (2006) Doctor, Can You Fix My Broken Heart? Journal of Medical Humanities, 27(2), pp.127-129.

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

Drake, P. and Miah, A. (2004) Level Up: Digital Games Research Association Inaugural Conference Media, Culture, and Society, 26(6).

Miah, A. (2004) Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet, London and New York: Routledge. Media, Culture & Society, 27(1), 145-147.

Miah, A. (2002) Review: 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.

Miah, A, (1999-present) Editor, Culture at the Olympics:
Issues, trends and perspectives
Miah, A. (2002, April) Catching up with Frankenrunner, Sp!ked

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

Miah, A. and Garcia, B. (2002, April) The Olympic Games Should Happen Nowhere or Everywhere, Spark Online, 31.0

Miah, A. (2002, Jan) ArtFutura – 12 years later and out of Real-Time,
Spark Online 28.0

Miah, A. (2001, Nov 29) Letter to Editor: Alcohol Consumption, Spiked-Online

Miah, A. (2001, Nov) Safe Sex on the Internet: hotsex@university.ac.uk!,
Spark Online 26.0

Miah, A. (2001, Feb) Digitising Sporting Arenas: The end of an arena!, Spark Online 17.0:

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 New,

Miah, A. (2000, April) Can you remain faithful in cyberspace?,
Spark Online 7.0

Miah, A. (2005) Sports, in Mitcham, C. (Ed) Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics. Detroit: Macmillan [tableofcontents].Miah, A. (2001) Ice Boating, International Encyclopedia of Women and Sport. London: Macmillan, pp.142-143.

 

book

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. Narrative and Counter Narrative in the Beijing Olympics: Hearts, Minds and the Projection of Modern China. University of Michigan Press.

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

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

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

Miah, A. (expected, 2007) A Deep Blue Grasshopper: Playing Games with Artificial Intelligence. For Hale Benjamin. Philosophy and Chess, in press (2006)

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, link to English Version: 'Therapy, Non-Therapy & Enhancement'].

Miah, A. (2005) Gene Doping: The Shape of Things to Come. In Tamburrini, C.M. and Tannsjo, T. (Eds.) Genetic Technology and Sport: Ethical Questions. London and New York: Routledge, pp.42-53.

Gene-Doping: Sport, Values & Bioethics (2003). In Glasa, J. (Ed.)
The Ethics of Human Genetics. Strasburg, Council of Europe, pp.171-180.

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

…/cybersex/ no_gender/
no_sexuality/no_body.html
(2002) In S. LaFont (Ed.) Constructing Sexualities: Readings in Sexuality, Gender, and Culture, New York, Prentice Hall, pp.362-370.Simulating Sport In Virtual Arenas (2001) Proceedings of the 11th Association of Sports Information World Congress, Sports Information In The 3rd Millennium. Lausanne, Olympic Museum

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

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

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

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

journal editor

sport technologySport Technology
History, Philosophy
and Policy,Research in Philosophy and Technology, Elsevier Science, Oxford, 2002.

 

newspaper

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

The Guardian
Miah, A. (2006, Aug 2). Is Sport Winning the War on Drugs? No. London: p.7.

Science & Public Affairs
genetically modified athletes, why not? (2005, Sept)

Project Syndicate
Is 'gene doping' wrong? (2005), available in various languages.

Times Higher Education Supplement
Miah, A. (2004). Why I believe...that genetic modification can be good for sport and society. London.

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

BBC Sport Online
Miah, A. (2002, March 22) Engineering Athletes: Q&A Interview

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

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

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

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

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

other

Drake , P. & Miah, A. (2005) 'The Final Push' - Live8 and Celebrity in Scotland, for 3D, Newsletter of the Meda, Communications and Cultural Studies Association.

Miah, A. (2006) Response to the World Anti-Doping Agency consultancy on Hypoxic Training [submitted via UK Sport].

Miah, A. (2006) Initial Evidence submitted to UK Government Inquiry into Human Enhancement Technologies in Sport.

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, Newsletter of the St. James Centre for Ethics, Issue 41, Sydney, Australia, p.6-7

 

 
 

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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