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.[1]

Emma Rush
NationalityAustralian
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

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.

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.[1]

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

Ph.D thesis
  • Rush, Emma (September 2006). Consume with care: ethics, economics and industrialised world over-consumption (Ph.D. thesis). Melbourne: Department of Philosophy/Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne. OCLC 224910719.

2006 papers for The Australia Institute

2006 discussion papers for the Australia Institute

  • Rush, Emma (April 2006). Child care quality in Australia (discussion paper number 84). Canberra: The Australia Institute. ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 156571048. Pdf version.
  • Rush, Emma; Downie, Christian (June 2006). ABC learning centres: a case-study of Australia's largest child care corporation (discussion paper number 87). Canberra: The Australia Institute. ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 156757390. Pdf version.
  • Rush, Emma; La Nauze, Andrea (October 2006). Corporate paedophilia: the sexualisation of children in Australia (discussion paper number 90). Canberra: The Australia Institute. ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 156752334. Pdf version.
  • Rush, Emma; La Nauze, Andrea (December 2006). Letting children be children: stopping the sexualisation of children in Australia (discussion paper number 93). Canberra: The Australia Institute. ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 225513585. Pdf version.

2006 web papers for the Australia Institute

  • Rush, Emma (February 2006). Skip dipping in Australia (web paper number 85). Canberra: The Australia Institute. OCLC 224947742. Pdf version.
  • Rush, Emma (April 2006). Skip dipping in Australia (web paper number 85). Canberra: The Australia Institute. OCLC 224947742. Pdf version.
  • Rush, Emma; Hamilton, Clive (September 2006). The attitudes of Australians to happiness and social well-being (web paper number 90). Canberra: The Australia Institute. OCLC 225280784. Pdf version.

Chapters in books
  • Rush, Emma (2007), "Plastic fantastic: the sexualisation of children", in Fleetwood, Julian (ed.), The sex mook: what is our sex?, Melbourne, Australia: Vignette Press, pp. 108–110, ISBN 9781876110000
  • Rush, Emma (2007), "Employees' views on quality", in Hill, Elizabeth; Pocock, Barbara; Elliott, Alison (eds.), Kids count: better early childhood education and care in Australia, Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press, pp. 154–178, ISBN 9781920898700
  • Rush, Emma (2009), "What are the risks of premature sexualisation for children?", in Tankard Reist, Melinda (ed.), Getting real: challenging the sexualisation of girls, Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, pp. 41–54, ISBN 9781876756758
  • Rush, Emma (2012), "Children, media and ethics", in Warburton, Wayne; Braunstein, Danya (eds.), Growing up fast and furious, Sydney, Australia: The Federation Press, pp. 159–174, ISBN 9781862878235
  • Rush, Emma (2013), "Ethics of food security", in Farmar-Bowers, Quentin; Higgins, Vaughan; Millar, Joanne (eds.), Food security in Australia: challenges and prospects for the future, New York: Springer, pp. 35–48, ISBN 9781461444831
  • Rush, Emma (2015), "(Applied) ethics", in Handsley, Elizabeth; MacDougall, Colin; Rich, Michael (eds.), Children's wellbeing in the media age: multidisciplinary perspectives from the Harvard-Australia Symposium, Sydney: The Federation Press, pp. 56–76, ISBN 9781760020286
  • Rush, Emma; Anscombe, A.W. (Bill) (2017), "Respect and integrity – John Gavaghan", in Pawar, Manohar S.; Hugman, Richard; Alexandra, Andrew; Anscombe, A.W. (eds.), Empowering social workers: virtuous practitioners, Singapore: Springer, pp. 77–86, ISBN 9789811038099
  • Rush, Emma; Anscombe, A.W. (Bill) (2017), "What can we do to make changes? – Virginia (Ginni) Hall, AO", in Pawar, Manohar S.; Hugman, Richard; Alexandra, Andrew; Anscombe, A.W. (eds.), Empowering social workers: virtuous practitioners, Singapore: Springer, pp. 87–99, ISBN 9789811038099

Journal articles
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References
  1. "Dr Emma Rush". Charles Sturt University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. Rush, Emma; La Nauze, Andrea (2006). Corporate paedophilia: the sexualisation of children in Australia (discussion paper number 90). Canberra: The Australian Institute. ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 156752334. Pdf version. Archived 16 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Rush, Emma; La Nauze, Andrea (2006). Letting children be children: stopping the sexualisation of children in Australia (discussion paper number 93). Canberra: The Australian Institute. ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 225513585. Pdf version. Archived 17 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Senate inquiry into the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media environment (PDF). Victoria, Australia: The Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP), State Government Victoria. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. Scott Stephens (presenter), Dr. Emma Rush (guest) (7 February 2012). RN Drive [Can an anti-abortion activist be called a feminist?] (Radio show). Australia: ABC. Event occurs at 6.45pm.
  6. Rush, Emma (1 February 2012). "Media must do better on porn debate". ABC News. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  7. Rush, Emma; Norma, Caroline (16 February 2012). "Sexed up tween advertising shows fashion needs to grow up". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  8. Rush, Emma (23 May 2012). "Girls on film: could new regulations stop the sexualisation of children?". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  9. Rush, Emma (8 February 2012). "Teens have hearts, not just bodies". Melinda Tankard Reist. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
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