One of the things I enjoy most about academia (and I feel it’s not rewarded enough in the competitive academic environment focused on peer-reviewed publications and grant getting) is writing opinion pieces.
Here’s a recent example of this type of work, with amazing PhD candidate Giulia Sesa, who had the idea to write about this in the first place:
#doping #enhancedgames #wada #celebrityboxingmatch #netflix #jakepaul #miketyson
Posted in Ethics & Sports
Tagged celebrity boxing, doping, enhanced games, Mike Tyson, WADA
Quando: Venerdi’, 28 Aprile 2023, 14:00 – 16:30
Friday, 28th April 2023, 14:00 – 16:30
Dove: Dipartimento di Psicologia e Scienze Cognitive, Universita’ di Trento, Corso Angelo Bettini 84, Rovereto
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Corso Angelo Bettini 84, Rovereto
14:00 Benvenuto / Welcome
14:15 Assegnazione del titolo di Distinguished Visiting Professor al Prof Olivier Rabin, WADA Senior Director in Science and Medicine
Conferment of Distinguished Visiting Professor to Prof. Olivier Rabin, WADA Senior Director in Science and Medicine
14:45 Discorso Inaugurale/Inaugural Speech
Prof. Olivier Rabin
15:30 Tavola Rotonda sulle Nuove Sostanze Emergenti nello Sport/Round Table on New Emerging Drugs in Sport
Moderatori/Chairs
Prof Ornella Corazza & Prof Gianluca Esposito, Universita’ di Trento/University of Trento (Italia/Italy)
Relatori / Panelists
Prof Francesco Botré, Laboratorio Anti-Doping FMS, Anti-doping Laboratory FMS, Roma/Rome (Italia/Italy)
Dr Thomas Zandonai, Universita’ di Miguel Hernandez University of Elche Alicante/Miguel Hernandez University of Elche Alicante (Spagna/Spain)
Dr Pierluigi Simonato, Parco dei Tigli, Clinica per la Doppia Dignaosi/ Clinical Dual Diagnosis Clinic, Padova/Padua (Italia/Italy)
Dr Renzo Ferrante, Arma dei Carabinieri (NAS) (Italia/Italy)
Dr Silvia Camporesi, Universita’ di Vienna/University of Vienna (Austria/Austria)
16:15 Riflessioni conclusive/Final remarks
Tito Giovannini, Fondazione Milano-Cortina 2026
16:30 Chiusura /End
Posted in Bioethics
Tagged doping, drugs, governance, Olivier Rabin, Ornella Corazza, policy, sport, WADA
Join us on Friday, December 9, 2022, for the next ELSI Friday Forum: Genetic Advantages in Sports: When Do They Count as “Doping”?
What is the essence of sports, and how does that impact the way doping is defined? The sports world is already preparing for an inevitable wave of “gene-doping” as gene-transfer technologies advance and become more widely available to all ages. On the one side, genetic modifications that improve human performance can be considered enhancements that threaten fair competition. However, gene transfer technologies can be used for a wide range of characteristics, thus blurring the lines between therapy and enhancement. This gray zone requires reflections and decisions on whether there is a moral difference between a genetic advantage that is inherited versus acquired. Could gene-transfer be a way of leveling the playing field? Or does it threaten the essence of sports fundamentally?
Panelist: Sarah Polcz, JSD, MSc, JD (Stanford Law School)
Panelist: Silvia Camporesi, PhD, PhD (King’s College London)
Moderator: Thomas H. Murray, PhD (The Hastings Center)
To continue the conversation please join fellow audience members for an informal discussion in a Zoom meeting immediately following the forum. The link will be placed in the Zoom Chat during the forum. For those who cannot attend the live event, the forum will be recorded and archived on the ELSIhub Video page.
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Dec 9, 2022 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
To watch the recording of this event you can click here:
https://elsihub.org/video/genetic-advantages-sports-when-do-they-count-doping
Posted in Bioethics
Tagged bioethics and sport, doping, enhancement, ethics, gene doping, genetics
Prof. Silvia Camporesi 
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