The Conversation

The Conversation is an independent source of news analysis and informed comment written by academic experts, working with professional journalists who help share their knowledge with the world.

Access to expertise through high quality, independent journalism is key to a well-functioning democracy. The Conversation aims to provide the expert insight needed to better understand current affairs and the complex issues we face. Our team of editors work with experts drawn from universities and research institutes across the world, sharing their knowledge in a way that is accessible to non-specialists. Bringing expert insights to current affairs, explaining new research findings, or shining a light on topics that deserve greater discussion, we strive to improve the quality of public debate and ultimately to help everyone make better, more well-informed decisions.

The Conversation aims to help rebuild trust in journalism. All authors and editors sign up to our Editorial Charter. Contributors must abide by our community standards policy. Authors are only commissioned to write on subjects within their fields of expertise, and must disclose funding and potential conflicts of interest alongside their articles. On The Conversation you can find trustworthy, fact-filled articles on topics from science, health, climate change and the environment, politics and society research, economics and business in theory and practice, history, arts and culture.

We believe in open access and the free-flow of information. The Conversation is free to read (we’ll never go behind a paywall), and our content is free to share or republish under a Creative Commons CC-BY-ND licence – just follow our simple republishing guidelines. Our articles are syndicated by PA Media and Reuters news agencies to other media, and are republished by thousands of other outlets worldwide.

The Conversation is an indispensable resource for the media: a source of free, quality content, ideas and a pool of expert writers with whom journalists can follow-up for print, web, radio or television.