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Andy Miah (born 1975) is a Professor in Ethics & Emerging Technologies at the University of the West of Scotland, Fellow for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Fellow at FACT, the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool and Global Director for the Centre for Policy and Emerging Technologies. Professor Miah has a PhD in Bioethics & Cultural Studies and a Master degree in Medical Law. His research discusses ethical and cultural issues arising from new technologies and is informed by an interest in applied philosophy, technology, and culture. He has contributed to various international projects, including the European Union inquiry into Human Enhancement and projects based at The Hastings Center, where he was a Visiting Scholar in 2002.

Professor Miah has published over 130 research papers, including articles in Nature, The Lancet, the Journal of Medical Ethics, CTHEORY, and Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, among others. He has also written for leading newspapers, including The Observer, The Times, The Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and The Guardian.

He has interviewed for over 100 media outlets include the flagship television news programmes in the UK (BBC, Newsnight), Canada (CBC, The National ) and Australia (ABC, The 7:30 Report) where he is frequently called on to discuss humanity's use of technology in the future. He has also appeared on numerous radio programmes, recently BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week with Andrew Marr,

Prof Miah is an Editorial board member for numerous journals and is Associate Editor for New Media & Communications in Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology (bepress) and Associate Editor for the International Journal of Technoethics. In recent years, he has developed the field of BioArt and was Chair of the Posthumanism theme and Executive Committee member for the 2009 International Symposium of Electronic Art. He is also part of the Organizing Committee for the Abandon Normal Devices festival of new cinema and digital culture, cultural programme related to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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