Emma Rush


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.
In 2006, Rush worked on a series of reports for The Australia Institute. Two of the reports which she co-authored led to a senate inquiry into the sexualisation of children.
Rush has also been consulted by the media, including Australia's ABC News and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Research

Rush's main areas of research are: environmental ethics and ethics in public life, particularly, sexualisation of children and the corporatisation of child care.

Media

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

Selected bibliography

Ph.D thesis

2006 discussion papers for the Australia Institute
2006 web papers for the Australia Institute
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