Emma Rush

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AlmamaterDepartment of Philosophy/Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne
KnownforReports for The Australia Institute
InstitutionsCharles Sturt University Faculty of Arts, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Emma Rush
Alma materDepartment of Philosophy/Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne
Known forReports for The Australia Institute
Scientific career
InstitutionsCharles Sturt University Faculty of Arts, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
ThesisConsume with care: ethics, economics and industrialised world over-consumption (2004)
WebsiteOfficial website

Emma Rush is a lecturer in philosophy and ethics at Charles Sturt University Faculty of Arts, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, notable for her work on sexualisation of children.[1]

In 2006, Rush worked on a series of reports for The Australia Institute. Two of the reports which she co-authored[2][3] led to a senate inquiry into the sexualisation of children.[4]

Rush has also been consulted by the media, including Australia's ABC News and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Rush's main areas of research are: ethics in public life, particularly, sexualisation of children and the corporatisation of child care; professional ethics, particularly social work ethics, with a developing project on resilience; and environmental ethics.

Media

Rush has acted as a media consultant over issues relating to sexualisation, advertising and pornography debates by ABC Radio, Australia,[5] ABC News, Australia,[6] The Sydney Morning Herald,[7] The Conversation,[8] and Melinda Tankard Reist's website.[9]

Selected bibliography

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