Expert Request – Thursday 20 February

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.

1. World: [REPEATED] We’d like an expert on Russian politics to write about Alexander Dugin, the ultra-nationalist philosopher whose views are said to inform Vladimir Putin’s geopolitical outlook.

Timescale: ASAP/next couple of days | Contact: Jonathan Este

2. World: Donald Trump has taken to referring to himself in the third person. We’d like a psychologist to write about what is known as “illeism“.

Timescale: next week | Contact: Jonathan Este

3. Arts + Culture: We’re looking for a speech writing expert to write a fun piece on how to write the perfect Oscars speech, using examples from history.

Timescale: next week | Contact: Anna Walker