To support diverse participation at our annual conference, the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) invites applications for conference fee waivers and travel scholarships. These awards are designed to assist scholars and researchers who would otherwise face...
Next Up in the AoIR Legacy Lecture Series – A Roundtable on Community in Internet Research
AoIR is happy to announce the fourth roundtable in our lecture series: Community in Internet Research: Past, Present, Future When: 23 June 2026 @ 14:00 – 15:30 (CET) Location: Zoom – Link provided upon registration. We bring together AoIR members Susanna Paasonen,...
2026 Dissertation Award Nominations
The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to call for submissions for the 2026 AoIR Dissertation Awards. To be eligible for the AoIR Dissertation Awards, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2025 calendar year....
2026 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...
Next Up in the AoIR Legacy Lecture Series – A Talk with Dr. Nancy Baym
AoIR is happy to announce the next event in our lecture series: A Talk With Dr. Nancy Baym When: 26 May 2026 @ 8:30 – 10:00 (EDT) Location: Zoom – Link provided upon registration. Dr. Nancy Baym is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a...
Next Up in the AoIR Legacy Lecture Series – A Roundtable on Methods
AoIR is happy to announce the first roundtable in our lecture series: Methods: How Internet Research Has Evolved. When: 13 Apr 2026 @ 18:00 - 19:30 (CEST) Location: Zoom - Link provided upon registration. We bring together long-standing AoIR members Annette N....
Call for Expressions of Interest Conference Hosts for AoIR2026
The Executive Committee of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from prospective Conference Hosts for AoIR’s annual meeting in October 2026, which will take place in North America. We will consider two kinds of...
Call for Proposals to host AoIR Flashpoint Symposiums in 2024
To supplement our annual October conference, the Association of Internet Researchers is seeking proposals for a one-day AoIR Flashpoint Symposium to take place before the end of August 2024. As the 2024 AoIR conference takes place in Sheffield, UK, only proposals for...
2023 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...
Updated Conference Information for AoIR2021
AoIR 2021 is going virtual! And everyone’s invited! Due to ongoing public health concerns and travel restrictions, AoIR has been able to renegotiate our hotel contract in Philadelphia, PA (U.S.A.). This means that AoIR 2021 WILL BE A FULLY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE that will...
