Place of birth: Oxford, England

Education: PhD, Philosophy of Education, University of Leeds 1992

Career: Mike McNamee is Professor of Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy, History and Law, School of Health Science, Swansea University. He has pioneered the Philosophy of Sport and Sports Ethics as a credible teaching and research field in the UK. He is currently Vice Chair of the European Association of the Philosophy of Sport. He has served on the Executive Committees of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, the European College of Sport Science and the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education. His research interests include ethical issues regarding doping and other human enhancement technologies, research ethics and sports medicine ethics. He is Co-Editor of Routledge's Ethics and Sports Book Series. He has lectured and published widely on the subject and has developed curricula in the area for a number of UK higher education institutions. Mike McNamee is editor of the journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy (see url below).

Publications include: Ethics and Sport (with S. J. Parry) 1998, Ethics and Educational Research (with D. Bridges) 2002, Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport 2005, Research Ethics in Exercise, Health & Sport Science (with S. Olivier and P. Wainwright) 2006, Philosophy, Risk and Adventure Sports 2007, Sports, Virtues and Vices 2008, Ethics, Disability and Sports 2009; several book chapters and numerous articles in international journals

Contact details: Address: School of Health Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, Wales; Tel: +44 (0) 1792 295611; Fax: +44 (0) 1792 295487; Email: m.j.mcnamee@swansea.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.swan.ac.uk/health_science/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17511321.asp/ .