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Andy Miah has written extonensively digital culture, ethics, and a range of emerging technologies. He is a regular participant at the National Olympic Academy in Britain, the educational branch of the British Olympic Association. He has given invited lectures in over 15 countries, most recently for the Australian Sports Commission (2007), the Royal Institution of Great Britain, and The World Anti-Doping Agency symposium on Gene Doping, which was attended by IOC President Dr Jacques Rogge and HRH The Queen of Sweden. In 2003, he was a visiting professor at the International Olympic Academy and he has conducted research and given lectures at the last 4 Olympic Games cities (Sydney, Salt Lake, Athens & Torino) under invitation by various Olympic organisations.

Andy Miah has been researching the cultural, political and media structures of the Olympic Movement since 2000, most recently examining the role of the Olympic Truce in international peace processes and, for the last 10 years, the role of the non-accredited media at the Olympic Games.

He has written for a wide range of national broadsheets and magazines, including The Washington Post, The Observer (London), The Times (London), Project Syndicate, Science and Public Affairs. He is also regularly interviewed by newspapers, radio and television and has appeared on BBC Newsnight, SkyOne, CBC The National, ABC The 7:30, among others.

From 2008-9, Professor Miah is Supervising Professor at the International Olympic Academy postgraduate seminar in Ancient Olympia, Greece.

Recent Invitations

• Miah, A. (2009) Northern Voice, Vancouver, Panel on the Olympics and Social Media.
• Miah, A. (2008) Supervising Professor, International Olympic Academy Postgraduate Seminar, Olympia, Greece.
• Miah, A. (2008) Biotechnology & the Olympics, Keynote, Body & Economy, London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, FACT, Liverpool, UK .
• Miah, A. (2008) Web 2.0 and the Olympics, Olympic Legacy: People, Place, Enterprise 1st Annual Colloquium 8th & 9th May 2008 University of Greenwich, London, UK
• Miah, A. ‘New Media at the Beijing 2008 Olympics’, ADM-HEA Seminar, London Metropolitan University, UK.
• Miah, A. and García, B. (2006) ‘We Are the Media’: Citizen Journalists & Non-Accredited Media’, in: Narrative, Counter Narrative and The Beijing Olympics: Hearts, Minds and the Projection of Modern China, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Miah. A. and García, B. (2006) ‘Non-Accredited Media, Olympic Games and the Host City’, in Communication Forum 2006: Global Olympiad, Chinese Media, National Center for Radio and Television Studies, Communication University of China and Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (Beijing)