The Association of Internet Researchers has signed an open letter written by the Coalition for Independent Technology Research calling on Twitter to ensure researchers can continue to access Twitter data. There are many good reasons for insisting on free access to...
2022 Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award for 2022 goes to Dr. Sebastián Lehuedè "Governing Data in Modernity/Coloniality: Astronomy Data in the Atacama Desert and the Struggle for Collective Autonomy." Congratulations, Dr. Lehuedè! Dr. Lehuedè’s dissertation is a fascinating study...
2022 AoIR Dissertation Award Nominations
The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2022 AoIR Dissertation Award. To be eligible for the AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2021 calendar year. Nominations (self...
2022 Nancy Baym Book Award Nominations
We are pleased to call for nominations for the Nancy Baym Annual Book Award. This award recognizes the best scholarship of the Association of Internet Researchers, and highlights the breadth of work relating to the social and cultural dimensions of networked media. To...
Report on the #AoIR2020 conference
Read about the awards given at the AoIR2020_AGM_Presentation This is what many virtual conferences look like. And these images are two of many from the #AoIR2020 conference. So what was different about AoIR2020? Here’s how...
#ShutDownAcademia and #Strike4BlackLives
Today, the Association of Internet Researchers joins in the worldwide movements to #ShutDownAcademia and #Strike4BlackLives. We condemn anti-Black racism and brutality and support those who have been participating in demonstrations and working against systemic racism....
Update on AoIR2020
The Association of Internet Researchers has decided that the annual conference that was scheduled to take place in Dublin on October 28 - 31, 2020 will now be hosted as a virtual event to take place over a two-week period in October. The conference is still six months...
Honoring Michael Haley, AoIR Conference Coordinator
We are saddened to announce the passing of Michael Haley, Ph.D., who served as the AoIR Conference Coordinator from Fall of 2016 until his death on January 2, 2020. Michael worked with AoIR for the Tartu, Montreal, and Brisbane conferences, following 16 years in his...
AoIR’s Internet Research Ethics 3.0
We are happy to announce that the new guidelines for Internet Research Ethics (IRE) are now available on the AoIR Ethics page: "Internet Research: Ethical Guidelines 3.0" IRE 3.0 serves as a supplement to the IRE guidelines from 2002, 2012 and addresses among other...
Call for Proposals to host the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium in 2020
To supplement our annual October conference, and to follow up on the success of the Inaugural AoIR Flashpoint Symposium to be held in Urbino, Italy on 24 June 2019, the Association of Internet Researchers is seeking proposals for a one-day AoIR Flashpoint Symposium...
