Writing for The Conversation
30 Apr 2025
Share your research with a wider audience
The Conversation is an independent, not-for-profit news analysis and publisher 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 75% read by international audiences. In February and March, seven University of Manchester authors wrote eight articles that resulted in 155,007 reads. We have 469 academics signed up to write for The Conversation.
Read some of our colleagues’ most popular articles – and find out how to get involved.
- Child given detention for getting less than 90% on a test – psychology shows there are far better ways to motivate students Hannah Wilkinson
- Time to stop blaming bats and newts for blocking development? A new fund could support nature and ease building delays Graham Haughton and Ian Thornhill
- How moon landing conspiracy theories began and why they persist today Peter Knight
- Think your efforts to help the climate don’t matter? African philosophers disagree Patrick Effiong Ben
- Resilience doesn’t always mean persevering – it can be found in inaction and silence, too Claire Fox
- Police struggle to identify the riskiest domestic abuse perpetrators – here’s how they can do better David Gadd and author
- Why rap should share a stage with poetry and jazz Will Turner and author
- Parents, don’t panic if your child hears voices, it’s actually quite common Filippo Varese and author
- The government has revealed its plans to get Britain building again. Some of them might just work Graham Haughton
- Five things science has told us about the mummy of Tutankhamun Jenefer Metcalfe
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