We are in the final planning stages for IR15: Boundaries and Intersections. I hope you are all as excited as I am about our upcoming visit to Daegu, South Korea! There are two things I would like to request. If you are presenting at the conference, and you haven't...
IR15 Draft Program Now Available!
As IR15: Boundaries and Intersections draws near, we are pleased to release the DRAFT program of events and sessions for the conference. You can access the program via ConfTools here. The program shows both Preconference events on the 21st of October, as well as...
New Association Coordinator
I have two happy announcements to make. First, Kelly Boudreau, who has been serving as AoIR's Association Coordinator for the past two years, has accepted a position in Game Studies theory at Brunel University. As AoIR's first Association Coordinator, Kelly has been...
IR15 Hotel Reservations
At long last, we have a system in place for hotel reservations for the IR15 conference. Getting this system in place, with several hotels, has been a complicated process and I appreciate your patience. You can find instructions and links for making hotel reservations...
2014 AoIR Dissertation Award
I am very pleased to announce the recipient of the 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award: "From Farm to Farmville: Circulation, Adoption, and Use of ICT between Urban and Rural China” by Dr. Elisa Oreglia. Dr. Oreglia received her PhD in Information Management and Systems from...
New AoIR Statement of Inclusivity
I am pleased to announce that the AoIR Executive Committee has adopted a new Statement of Inclusivity for the organization. You can find it on the Diversity and Inclusivity page of this website. We have also updated our Statement of Principles to conform it to the new...
Announcing IR15 Best Student Paper Award
The IR15 Conference Committee is pleased to announce that this year’s Best Student Paper award goes to Rodrigo Davies from MIT for his paper “Three Provocations for Civic Crowdfunding.” Davies' paper takes a thoughtful approach to considering crowdfunding strategies...
Announcing Winner of Nancy Baym Annual Book Award – 2014
I am delighted to announce two things concerning the AoIR book award. First, in light of her generous and various contributions to the Association of Internet Researchers, we are naming our book award for Nancy Baym. Second, I would like to announce that the 2014...
Lori’s visit to Daegu!
Come for the conference, stay for the patbingsu! Thanks to Professor Han Woo Park, the Daegu IR15 Local Organizing Committee, and especially the generosity of the Daegu Convention & Visitors Bureau, Program Chair Erika Pearson and I visited Daegu last week. As...
Updated AoIR Website
Greetings! I am delighted to announce that the AoIR.org website has been updated. Please get in contact with us and share any reactions, concerns, or problems you identify. And, let me know if there’s something that’s not there that you wish were there. AoIR and the...
