How to Create or Reset your password for Authors of The Conversation

Compiled by The Conversation International

This guide is for Authors of The Conversation in the event that you are not able to log in, or the password you have doesn’t work. 

For all parts of this document, you will require: 

1. An internet connection
2. A computer or mobile device
3. Access to the email account that you signed up to The Conversation with

For any additional support, please contact us by visiting:

https://theconversation.com/contact-us

How to Create your password

There are two ways you can create a password for an Author account at The Conversation. This depends on how your account is created. 

If you made your own account through the website by clicking “Become an author”, you will have already created a password. If you’ve forgotten your password, please follow the steps of ‘How to Reset your password’.

If an editor at The Conversation made an account for you, you will have received an email which looks like this at the time your account was created: 

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2. Please click ‘Create a password’ to set your accounts password. 

Note: If you try this beyond 24 hours from receiving the email, it will take you to the ‘Forgot your password?’ page. You will need to follow the instructions here to reset your password regardless of whether you have set a password or not yet. 

How to Reset your password

I can’t remember my password / My password doesn’t work

I never set a password for my account and now it’s asking me to log-in

1. Visit the following link to ‘Reset your password’: https://theconversation.com/users/password/new
2. Enter in your email address and hit ‘Reset your password’
3. Go to your email account (wherever you read your emails), and find the email titled “Password Reset Instructions”.

4. The email will look like this:

   

5. Click on “Change my password”
6. Enter in a new password and hit Save. 
7. You’ll now be automatically logged into your account. 
8. You can now access your account including analytics, your dashboard, and any drafts of articles you are working on. 
9. For security purposes, you will be required to use this password every two weeks to log back into your account. 

I never set a password for my account and now it’s asking me to log-in

As of April 2024, you are now required to log in with a username and password to access your account and any drafts you are authoring or collaborating on. If you have not previously set a password for your account, you will now be required to do so. 

You can do this by: 

1. Visiting the following link to ‘Reset your password’: https://theconversation.com/users/password/new
2. Enter in your email address and hit ‘Reset your password’
3. Go to your email account (wherever you read your emails), and find the email titled “Password Reset Instructions”.

4. The email will look like this:

   

5. Click on “Change my password”
6. Enter in a new password and hit Save. 
7. You’ll now be automatically logged into your account. 
8. You can now access your account including analytics, your dashboard, and any drafts of articles you are working on. 
9. You’ll be required to use this password once every two weeks to log back into your account.