A selection of my academic work on the topic can be found here:
- Camporesi, S. & Hämäläinen (2021) The construction of categories in sport: Unfair Advantages, Equality of Opportunity and Strict Attainability. European Journal of Sports Sciences 1-13
- Camporesi, S. & Hämäläinen (2020) A local criterion of fairness in sport – comparing the property advantages of Caster Semenya and Eero Mäntyranta with implications for the construction of categories in sport. Bioethics, 35(3), 262-269
- Camporesi, S. (2020) The legacy of Caster Semenya: Examining the normative basis for the construction of categories in sport. Journal of Medical Ethics, 46(9), 597-598
- Camporesi S (2019) When does an advantage become unfair? Empirical and normative concerns in Semenya’s case. Journal of Medical Ethics
- Camporesi, S. (2018) A question of ‘fairness’: Why ethics should factor in the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision on the IAAF Hyperandrogenism Regulations British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53:797-798.
- Camporesi S (2017) “Who is a sportswoman?” AEON essay https://aeon.co/essays/sports-culture-binds-us-to-gender-binaries-this-is-unfair [open access]z
- Camporesi S, Maugeri P (2016), “Unfair Advantages and the Myth of the Level Playing Field in IAAF and IOC Policies on Hyper-Androgenism: When is it fair to be a woman?” in Olivesi A & Montanola S (editors) Gender Testing in Sport: Ethics, Cases and Controversies Routledge [email me for chapter and postface to volume]
- Camporesi S (2015), Ethics of Regulating Competition for Women with Hyperandrogenism. Clinics in Sports Medicine 35(2): 293-301 http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26832978 [email me for pdf article]
- Karkazis, K., Jordan-Young, R., Davis, G., & Camporesi, S. (2012). Out of bounds? A critique of the new policies on hyperandrogenism in elite female athletes. The American Journal of Bioethics, 12(7), 3-16. http://www.bioethics.net/articles/out-of-bounds-a-critique-of-the-new-policies-on-hyperandrogenism-in-elite-female-athletes/ [open access]
Op-eds can be found here:
- Camporesi S (2015) Clear Skies Overhead for Dutee Chand, but Clouds Loom in the Horizon. Huff Post Sports July 30th http://www.huffingtonpost.com/silvia-camporesi/clear-skies-overhead-for-_b_7896924.html
- Camporesi S (2015) The Burden of Proving Femininity in Athletics: Why Dutee Chand Should Be Allowed to Compete. Huff Post Sports March 25th http://www.huffingtonpost.com/silvia-camporesi/the-burden-of-proving-femininity-in-athletics_b_6940562.html
- Camporesi S (2012), Caster Semenya and Athletic Excellence – A critique of Olympic sex testing http://somatosphere.net/2012/07/caster-semenya-and-athletic-excellence-a-critique-of-olympic-sex-testing.html
And you can find some of my early academic work on Caster Semenya here:
- Camporesi Karkazis OP_ED_MercuryNews 2011
- Camporesi S, Maugeri P (2010). “Caster Semenya: sport, categories and the creative role of ethics.” Journal of Medical Ethics 36, no. 6 (2010): 378-379. http://jme.bmj.com/content/36/6/378.short [email me for pdf article]
MEDIA AND OUTREACH
Radio and Television Commentary and Expert Opinion
Al Jazeera Inside Story (May 2019, Television)
Commentary on CAS ruling against Caster Semenya:
BBC Radio 5 (May 2019, Radio)
Commentary on CAS ruling against Caster Semenya:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0769g7f
BBC Radio London (May 2019)
Commentary on CAS ruling against Caster Semenya:
BBC Inside Science (April 2019, Radio)
Commentary on experiments carried out at Yale University to reanimate pig heads:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00046sj
BBC Big Questions (June 2017, Television)
Panelist for episode “Is it ethical to interfere with the genome?”:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08vg018/the-big-questions-series-10-episode-20
BBC News Hour Extra (July 2016, Radio)
Commentary for: “A flickering flame: Is the Olympic ideal dead?”:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04263n3
BBC World Service (March 2015, Radio)
Commentary on Dutee Chand’s case:
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/what-makes-a-woman
BBC Have Your Say (March 2015, Radio)
Commentary on Dutee Chand’s case:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02m31rq
BBC Radio 4 News (March 2015, Radio)
Commentary on Dutee Chand’s case:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05mrc53
BBC World News (February 2015, Television)
Commentary on the case of eugenics victims receiving compensation for sterilization in Virginia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kDev7pyloM
My work on Caster Semenya has been quoted in mainstream media and other professional outlets:
- CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/12/health/testosterone-and-hyperandrogenism-in-female-athletes/index.html
- Newsweek:http://europe.newsweek.com/why-caster-semenya-and-dutee-chand-deserve-compete-rio-2016-488958?rm=eu
- Los Angeles Daily Newshttp://www.dailynews.com/sports/20160731/wave-of-controversy-surrounds-track-star-caster-semenya
- International Bar Association http://www.ibanet.org/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleUid=4887edb3-28e2-4546-be2f-6e5f14b7e61f
- Cape Talk Radio:http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/16007/hyperandrogenic-athletes-don-t-have-competitive-advantage-expert
Here you can download the original IAAF documents on Hyperandrogenism Regulations (they have been taken off website since suspension of regulation in July 2015 following CAS ruling)
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