Andy Miah
- Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, University of Salford
Professor Andy Miah, PhD (@andymiah), is Chair of Science Communication & Future Media at the University of Salford, Manchester, where he is also the Academic Champion for the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
Professor Miah also provides research leadership for the Innovate UK funded MediaCity Immersive Technologies Innovation Hub. His research investigates the ethical, legal, social and cultural questions concerning technological change and his publications draw on ideas from science, technology, art, and media culture.
Author of 10 books and over 200 academic articles, Professor Miah has been at the forefront of debates about how humanity is moving beyond conventional evolutionary processes and towards evolution by technology. His research on the Olympic Games has involved advising cities for over 25 years on their regeneration goals and how to integrate healthy living into mega-event design.
He holds advisory roles for the UK Government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the World Technology Games, the Global Esports Federation, and the British Esports Federation. His recent works have focused on artificial intelligence, esports, digital health, and the metaverse. He regularly interviews for a range of major media companies and has appeared in over 300 outlets, including Audible, Fortune, Vogue, BBC, and The Conversation.
Experience- –present Chair in Science Communication & Digital Media, University of Salford 2008–2014 Chair professor, University of the West of Scotland 2006–2008 Reader in New Media & Bioethics, University of the West of Scotland 2002–2006 Lecturer in Science & Research Ethics, University of Glasgow
- 2006 University of Glasgow, Medical Law & Ethics 2002 De Montfort University, PhD in Bioethics, Technology, & Sport Science 1997 De Montfort University, BA (Hons) Sport Science & Leisure Studies
- 2017 Sport 2.0, MIT Press 2012 The Olympics, Routledge 2008 Human Futures: Art in an Age of Uncertainty, Liverpool University Press 2008 The Medicalization of Cyberspace, Routledge 2004 Genetically Modified Athletes: Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping, & Sport, Routledge
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