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...
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...
A statement from the AoIR Executive Committee and 20/21 Conference Chairs
The AoIR Executive has become aware that a particular paper proposal that was accepted to this year’s conference has caused harm, and we acknowledge that our processes have failed to prevent this harm. AoIR embraces Diversity and Inclusion and we expect all members...
