The Conversation
The Conversation is an online source of short articles written by academics for the public. Academic experts and professional journalists collaborate to produce, high quality explanatory journalism aimed at engaging the wider public with research. To date almost 180 University of Glasgow authors have published articles attracting 6 million global readers.
Why should I get involved?
- Reach and visibility - benefit from an established platform and readership. The Conversation has more than 5 million active users with a potential reach of 35 million readers through republication. https://theconversation.com/uk/republishing-guidelines Over 80% of readers are non-academic, many in government and policy-making roles.
- Knowledge exchange and societal impact - engage the public in conversations about research and make an impact on public policy
- Open up new routes for collaboration - republication in mass-media outlets increases visibility and potential for collaboration
- Write with professional editors to make your research more accessible to a wide readership
- Get a personalised dashboard with number of reads, geographical location of readers and republication data
How do I get involved?
- Register as an author and create a profile. You will then become part the Research and Expert database so that journalists, researchers, policymakers and interested members of the public can find out about your research.
- Pitch an idea
Steven Vass (Steven.Vass@theconversation.com), the Scottish Editor and Jane Wright (jane.wright@the conversation.com), Commissioning Editor are the contacts for researchers at the University of Glasgow. They can give you tips on pitching and work with you on pieces for publication.
- They may contact you directly to write a piece, or you may be recommended to them by the Communications and Public Affairs Office
- Read Steven’s 9 reasons to write for The Conversation
- If you do not want to register as an author straightaway, you can subscribe to the daily newsletter to get a feel for the articles and see who is writing, or sign up as a reader to join the conversation about, or comment on articles.