Writing for The Conversation
08 Jul 2024
Share your research with a wider audience
The Conversation is an independent, not-for-profit news analysis and opinion blog where academics provide an informed view on topical issues.
Our University is an institutional member of The Conversation and our articles attract significant global readership, with 83% read by international audiences. Over the past three months, 21 University of Manchester authors wrote 20 articles that resulted in 536,154 reads. We have 434 academics signed up to write for The Conversation.
Read some of our colleagues’ most popular articles – and find out how to get involved.
- Une adolescente a aidé à identifier une nouvelle espèce de reptile marin géant by Dean Lomax.
- AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilisations by Michael Garrett.
- We saw one of the most powerful magnets in the Universe come to life – and our theories can’t quite explain it by Patrick Weltevrede and co-authors.
- Mauritius’ next growth phase: a new plan is needed as the tax haven era fades, by Pritish Behuria.
- What being a teenage girl in 1960s Britain was really like, by Penny Tinkler.
- ‘City deals’ are coming to NZ – let’s make sure they’re not ‘city back-room deals’, by Tom Baker, Cristina Temenos and Kevin Ward.
- Why universities shouldn’t mark down international students for using non-standard English, by Alexander Baratta, Paul Vincent Smith and Rui He.
- Four photos that show the potential of rewilding nature, by David Gelsthorpe.
- Nigel Farage's Reform is in line for hundreds of thousands in public funding if it wins seats in the election, by Louise Thompson.
- Most Gypsy and Traveller sites in Great Britain are located within 100 metres of major pollutants, shows research by Alice Bloch and co-author.
Further information
If you are interested in writing for The Conversation, adding your name to a waiting list for training, or would like to learn more, contact our News and Media Relations team via email at:
There’s also further information for staff and PGRs interested in taking their research to a global public audience on the Promoting your research website and in resources developed for this year’s Research Communications Conference (2024):