Expert Request – Tuesday 4 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.

1. World: With the US suspending military supplies to Ukraine can the Ukrainian armed forces use the US hardware it already has?

Timescale: ASAP/urgent | Contact: Jonathan Este

2. Science + Technology: We are looking for someone who has studied to what extent openly displayed foods such as cakes in cafes or salad bars attract airborne germs to write a short briefing for our readers on the subject.

Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Steven Vass

3. Health + Medicine: For older adults who want more and better sleep, getting more blue light might be the solution, says new study. We’re looking for a sleep expert to explain why blue light (from mobile devices, say), can help older adults sleep better. Weren’t we told the opposite?

Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Clint Witchalls

4. Health + Medicine: Why is the UK death rate at a record low, according to a new BBC analysis? We’re looking for a demographer to explain.

Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Clint Witchalls

5. Health + Medicine: Can chewing woodreally boost your brain power?

Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Clint Witchalls

6. Environment + Energy: We’re looking for an ecologist to review the new film Escape from Extinction: Rewilding coming out in April and narrated by Meryl Streep.

Timescale: mid-March | Contact: Anna Turns

7. Arts + Culture: We’re looking for an expert to review Noah Davis at the Barbican Art Gallery.

Timescale: this month | Contact: Anna Walker

8. Arts + Culture: We’re looking for a visual arts expert with relevant research to review Artists of the Middle East by Saeb Eigner. Advanced copy of the book provided.

Timescale: next month | Contact: Anna Walker