Writing for The Conversation
29 Oct 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, 23 University of Manchester authors wrote 26 articles that resulted in 945,676 reads – nearly double the last quarter. 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.
- UK minimum wage to rise – here's how it could really tackle the cost of living and inequality, Mathew Johnson and co-author.
- To save its tigers, India has relocated thousands of people – it could enlist their help instead, Dhanapal Govindarajulu and co-authors.
- How the last meal of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian crocodile was brought back to life using modern science, Lidija M. Mcknight.
- African archaeology has neglected Namibia's deserts, but scientists now know when an ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea, Abi Stone and co-author.
- Kenya unrest: Ruto awakened class politics that now threatens to engulf him, Peter Lockwood.
- Four ways to know whether to stay or go if your workplace is a sinking ship, Cary Cooper.
- Holiday over? Seven expert tips for how to avoid back-to-work stress, Cary Cooper (also published in French).
- Shoplifting is now at record levels. Here's how it went from a crime punishable by death to police 'turning a blind eye', Charlotte Wildman.
- COVID: why the UK’s autumn vaccine strategy could fail patients, Sheena Cruickshank.
- Modern second-hand clothes are often considered 'dirty' but vintage garments aren't – certain assumptions limit sustainable fashion, Tetyana Solovey.
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):