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Why we run Author Q As

  • Written by: Cory Zanoni, Community Manager, The Conversation

The Conversation exists, in part, to share the expertise and research of academics. But an article mightn’t be able to do that alone. That’s why we have comments on our article – we want people to continue the discussion, our authors included.

Having the author involved in an article’s comment section is a vital part of...

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Paralympian role models: media hype, political rhetoric or the real deal?

  • Written by: Louise McCuaig, Senior Lecturer Health and Physical Education in Schools, The University of Queensland
imageParalympians like Brenden Hall can serve as role models and inspiration to young Australians.OIS

In my profession of health, sport and physical education, you hear the term “role model” bandied around often. Sports stars, physical education teachers and coaches – along with Olympic athletes – all attract equal amounts of...

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Attacks on renewable energy policy are older than the climate issue itself

  • Written by: Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester

The recent battles over the budget of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and before that over the size of the Renewable Energy Target, are the latest skirmishes in a long-running war over support for technologies that harvest Australia’s abundant wind and solar resources.

Perhaps surprisingly, the conflict even predates the...

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Lionel Shriver and the responsibilities of fiction writers

  • Written by: Ariella Van Luyn, Lecturer in Creative Writing, James Cook University
imageLionel Shriver in 2014: her keynote address at the Brisbane Writers Festival on cultural appropriation has unleashed a torrent of opinion.Dean Lewins/AAP

Lionel Shriver’s recent keynote speech at the Brisbane Writers Festival – and the responses to it – have continued an important discussion about questions of privilege and power...

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  1. The world's carbon stores are going up in smoke with vanishing wilderness
  2. Callinan review largely backs Sydney lockout laws, but alcohol's role in family violence is a blind spot
  3. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's week of success
  4. Technology matters in the Paralympics, but the athlete matters more
  5. Unusual conditions: what are gigantism and acromegaly?
  6. Why are there so many species of bugs, but so few species of human?
  7. Rules of the Game: a disparate mix of ping-pong balls, paper and Pharrell Williams
  8. How Airbnb is reshaping our cities
  9. iPhone hack attack shows why we need to rein in the trade in spyware
  10. Crossroads program: should we teach children that gender identity is fluid? Here's what the research says
  11. Australia is in danger of being swamped by Muslims? The numbers tell a different story
  12. Insults, offence and words that wound: why language needs to be handled with care
  13. When globalisation meets entrepreneurship it can be a force for good
  14. Are we expelling too many children from Australian schools?
  15. Friday essay: science fiction's women problem
  16. Fashion police: new Queensland laws continue Australia's misguided war on bikies
  17. Explainer: how to prepare for a tsunami
  18. Bulging ear drums and hearing loss: Aboriginal kids have the highest otitis media rates in the world
  19. Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
  20. Kangaroo Island's choice: a new cable to the mainland, or renewable power
  21. Vital Signs: flat employment remains worrying for Australia
  22. What comes after the Paralympics? How sport and study can enhance each other
  23. Grattan on Friday: The Turnbull government begins to wash its face
  24. Winners and losers from the government's compromise on superannuation
  25. Valerie Amos: 'academic freedom and freedom of speech must be protected and respected'
  26. State aid lessons for Australia from the Apple EU tax case
  27. Why Australians should say 'Yes' to the same-sex marriage plebiscite
  28. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, August 2016
  29. Take control over the end of your life: what you need to know about advance care directives
  30. When process becomes product – repacking science communication
  31. NHMRC fluoride paper: relax, Australian citizens, your pineal glands are safe
  32. After Tasmania's year of disasters, bushfire tops the state's growing list of natural hazards
  33. Race to the White House – Episode One
  34. Social media and defamation law pose threats to free speech, and it's time for reform
  35. FactCheck: Have eight of Australia's 12 most emission intensive power stations closed in the last five years?
  36. Breaking news: marriage has very little to do with religion (and vice versa)
  37. Media owners steer government away from reform in the public interest
  38. Why are Aboriginal children still dying from rheumatic heart disease?
  39. Shadow banking increases the risk of another global financial crisis
  40. Here’s looking at: John Olsen, Summer in the You Beaut Country, 1962
  41. What exactly is the scientific method and why do so many people get it wrong?
  42. Squandering riches: can Perth realise the value of its biodiversity?
  43. Into the spotlight: media coverage of the Paralympic Games has come a long way
  44. Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies
  45. Pauline Hanson 20 years on: same refrain, new target
  46. Newspoll steady, with Turnbull's poor ratings continuing
  47. Senator, You're No Socrates
  48. Foreign donations on agenda for parliamentary inquiry
  49. Shorten shoots down plebiscite
  50. To get young people into work, we first need to understand how the workplace is changing

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