The free public seminar will include a talk outlining the current World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) policy, which is used by the International Olympic committee to keep sport fair. The presenters will raise philospohical questions on doping for the audience to consider such as issues of fairness, harm and the right to privacy. Key academics will discuss opposing positions on the philosophy of sport and whether anti-doping policy is sound. Presenters and academics will then open up the floor for questions and a lively debate!

To find out more, or to attend this event, please contact Dr Emily Ryall eryall@glos.ac.uk  

The University of Gloucester, Deptarment of Sport and Exercise was selected to be part of the public engagement programme linked to the International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS 2012). ICSEMIS 2012 which will bring together the worlds leading scientists, academics and researchers in disciplines related to sport in advance of the 2012 Games. The pilot programme, being run by Research Councils UK and Podium, aims to engage the public with science, reasearch and the academic desciplines related to sport using the excitement and interest generated by the Games.