Writing long reads for The Conversation can be ‘instrumental’ in developing research – Insights story updates

By Mike Herd, Investigations Editor, Insights
Paul Keaveny, Investigations Editor, Insights, The Conversation

Each story for Insights, The Conversation’s longform investigative series, typically takes months to produce, building on years of academic research. And of course, these deep-dive investigations don’t just stop when the story is published.

So, as another eventful year draws to a close, we’ve asked our authors to update us on how their research has progressed since publication – and about any unusual opportunities…

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~	From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elitism?

~	Haiti gangs crisis: Top rights expert decries attacks on hospitals

~	How a traumatic birth experience can affect breastfeeding

~	Meet the fungi that live in the sea

~	‘I was left with nothing.’ Why apprentices are being pushed into the informal economy

~	From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan, what can two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism?

~	What is locked-in syndrome? The extraordinary stories that help us understand this rare condition

~	Wallace and Gromit: you’d never know it wasn’t Peter Sallis in Vengeance Most Fowl thanks to expert vocal mimicry

~	UK foreign policy: the top five priorities for 2025

~	Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s education – or divesting – can do to an economy