Author: Mike Herd, Investigations Editor, Insights

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 that may have arisen from writing for Insights. Here’s a selection of their responses. Sam Carr, reader in education and psychology at the University of Bath, has written three Insights articles exploring people’s struggles with loneliness…