Contributor Guidelines

We publish research summaries and policy briefs from outside contributors — practitioners, academics and analysts who know a jurisdiction or a technical question better than a generalist desk can.

What we are looking for

A policy brief that explains what a specific instrument requires and what it will mean in practice for organisations in scope. A research summary that gives a paper's method, findings and limits accurately enough that a reader can decide whether to read the paper. An analysis grounded in documents rather than in positioning.

We are particularly interested in work on jurisdictions that receive little coverage: national AI strategies across Africa, regulatory development in South and Southeast Asia, and the standards work happening in bodies that rarely make headlines.

What we are not looking for

Opinion unattached to a document. Coverage of a product launch. Anything written to promote an employer, a client or a position paper. Pieces that open by explaining that artificial intelligence is changing everything.

How to propose something

Use the contact form, choose Research Submission, and send a paragraph on what you want to write, the documents it rests on, and any interest you hold in the subject. A full draft is not needed and is often wasted work — we would rather discuss the shape first.

What happens next

A commissioned piece is edited for accuracy and clarity, and every factual claim in it is checked against the sources you cite. You see the edited version before it runs. Your disclosure of interests is printed with the piece.

We reserve the right not to publish a commissioned piece if verification does not hold up. Where that happens we say precisely which claim failed and why.