Expert Request – Tuesday 25 March

If you are interested in writing an article for a request below, please email the contact listed in the request to find out more. Please note, article requests are fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis. You can pitch an article directly to The Conversation via the detail listed here.

Arts + Culture: We’re looking for an expert in unicorn iconography and symbolism to review the new film Death of a Unicorn. The piece should talk about the ways the film continues or inverts the ways unicorns have previously been depicted in literature and film. Should be available to attend a preview screening in central London.

Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Anna Walker

Arts + Culture: We are looking for an expert to comment on the recent discovery of an iron age hoard in Yorkshire.

Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Naomi Joseph

Science + Technology: We’re looking for an expert who could explain the importance of the discovery of the longest chain carbon moleculesyet found on Mars.

Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Paul Rincon

Politics + Society: We’re looking for an expert who can discuss the popularity of Andrew Tate among boys and young men from ethnic minorities.

Timescale: next week | Contact: Grace Allen

Arts + Cuture: We’d like to hear from researchers who have looked at the way that the philosophy of the “manosphere” is spread through online gaming. Particularly the ways in which young boys can be radicalised through contact with older men on these platforms.

Timescale: ongoing | Contact: Anna Walker