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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
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Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.

(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)

https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
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#AoIR2025 is next week! Easiest programme to read on a mobile is on the Sched app: aoir2025ruptures.sched.com
Prefer your #AoIR2025 programme in an app? Our Sched is love!
October 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Just three weeks until #AoIR2025 Ruptures kicks off in Niterói, Brazil, and we can't wait to see you all!
Just three weeks until #AoIR2025 Ruptures kicks off in Niteroi, Brazil!
September 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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This year’s Nancy Baym Book Award committee would also like to give an Honourable Mention to @tbonini.bsky.social and @emilianotrere.com for Algorithms of Resistance: The
Everyday Fight Against Platform Power (@mitpress.bsky.social).

Congratulations also!
September 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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AoIR is pleased to congratulate the winners of this year’s Nancy Baym Book Award ‪@aramsinn.bsky.social‬ & @jesgilbert.bsky.social for The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance (@mitpress.bsky.social). Congratulations!

aoir.org/2025nb_booka...
AoIR is pleased to congratulate the winner of this year’s Nancy Baym Book Award ... Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert for The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance (MIT Press) Congratulations!
September 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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The conference program for the #AoIR2025 Ruptures conference is now available, here: www.conftool.org/aoir2025/ses...

Can't wait to see you all in Niterói (or online)!
September 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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AoIR is very happy to once again offer the Kelly Quinn Travel Scholarships for scholars & researchers who would otherwise face financial barriers to attending the #AoIR2025 conference.

Please see here for details & how to apply: aoir.org/2025kellyqui...

Application deadline is July 8th.
Kelly Quinn Travel Scholarships AoIR is very happy to once again offer the Kelly Quinn Travel Scholarships for scholars and researchers who would otherwise face financial barriers to attending the #AoIR2025 conference. Please see the link below for full details on the scholarships and how to apply. *Application deadline is July 8th, 2025.* aoir.org/2025kellyquinntravelscholarship
June 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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We're optimistic at least a few people will be able to make it!
Excessive smiley face enthusiasm!
June 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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All set for the #AoIR2025Symposium
room with 6 rows of chairs and a screen at the front
June 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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As a follow-up to the launch of the Risky Research Report, this is an excellent seminar:

"Managing Threats to Academic Researchers Panel, Cambridge Disinformation Summit"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M9l...
Slide showing panel title "Manaing threats to research academics, featuring Emma Briant, Mutale Nkonde, Alice Marwick and Julia Ebner
May 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Your 2025-2027 AoIR Executive Committee!

President: Sarah Roberts
Vice President: Andra Siibak
Immediate Past President: Nicholas John
Secretary: Nathalie Schäfer
Treasurer: Robert W. Gehl
Graduate Student Rep: Lynrose Jane Genon
Open Seats: Admire Mare, Rebecca Scharlach, & Meg Jing Zeng.
Here is your 2025-2027 AoIR Executive Committee, taking office in October 2025! President (elected as Vice President in the 2023 Election): Sarah Roberts, UCLA, USA Vice President (becomes President in two years): Andra Siibak, University of Tartu, Estonia Immediate Past President (elected as Vice President in the 2021 Election): Nicholas John, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Secretary: Nathalie Schäfer, Weimar University, Germany Treasurer: Robert W. Gehl, York University, Canada Graduate Student Representative: Lynrose Jane Genon, QUT, Australia Open Seats: Admire Mare, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Rebecca Scharlach, University of Bremen, Germany; and Meg Jing Zeng, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
May 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group.

aoir.org/riskyresearc...
Cover Image for: Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety AoIR Risky Research Working Group Contributors: Alice Marwick, Dafna Kaufman, Jacob Smith, Patricia Aufderheide, Jessica Beyer, Emma L. Briant, Coppélie Cocq, Laura Dilley, Sam DiBella, Radhika Gajjala, Kamile Grusauskaite, Alex D. Ketchum, Zelly Martin, Janice Metzger, Erin McInerney, Rachel Moran, John McNutt, Suay Melisa Oezkula, Victoria O’Meara, Riccardo Nanni, Carolina Parreiras, Katy Pearce, Ryan Payne, Meredith Pruden, Christian Sandvig, Caighlan Smith, Sam Srauy, Zeerak Talat, Leonie Tanczer, Robert Tynes, Antonia Vaughan, Shenja van der Graaf, Courtney Vowles, Michele White.
May 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Submissions are open for the 2025 AoIR Dissertation Awards for internet research PhD dissertations filed in 2024. Aligning with #AoIR2025 in Brazil, we will also be offering an Award for a doctoral dissertation written in Portuguese.

*Nominations due 12 May 2025*

aoir.org/2025dissawardnominations
The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to call for submissions for the 2025 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 2024 calendar year. *Nominations must be received by 12 May 2025*. All methods and disciplines are welcome. This year, because we are taking our conference to Brazil, where there is a large academic community that writes in Portuguese, we will also be awarding a Dissertation Award for a doctoral dissertation written in Portuguese. This is an occasional award; we will consider offering a similar award when holding the conference in countries in which it makes sense to do so. Submissions details: * A nomination letter that explains why the dissertation is deserving of the award and how it contributes to internet research * A PDF copy of the dissertation should be emailed to dissertationaward [at] aoir.org * The graduate or their supervisor must be a member of AoIR (by 12 May 2025) * Self-nominations are permitted * “Filed in 2024” means that the dissertation has been fully defended, all edits complete, and filed/published in 2024 (this date will usually appear on the front cover or front pages of the dissertation). A letter that the student’s committee has approved the PhD can also establish this. The recipients of these awards will be announced mid-year 2025. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will be presented an award during the Association General Meeting(AGM) at the #AoIR2025 conference in October. In addition, and if relevant, AoIR will contribute up to US$1000 towards the cost of making a publication from the winners’ dissertation Open Access. (Please note, this is not the same as Article Processing Payments; we will support publication in reputable journals only.) Full details: https://aoir.org/2025dissawardnominations/
April 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Submissions for the Association of Internet Researcher's 2025 Nancy Baym Book Award (for books published in 2024) are now open.

Submissions close 7 May 2025.

Details: aoir.org/2025nbbookaward #AoIR #AoIR2025
2025 Nancy Baym Book Award 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 be eligible for the award: The book must be authored or co-authored as a monograph and must explore a single topic (edited collections are not eligible). All of the book’s authors must be current members of AoIR at the time of submission (May 7, 2025). Memberships may be purchased here: https://members.aoir.org/. The book must have been published between January 1 and December 31, 2024. Details: aoir.org/2025nbbookaward
April 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Nominations for the 2025-2027 AoIR Executive Committee are Now Open! If you’re interested in helping shape the future of the Association, please consider running for the next AoIR Executive Committee.

Nominations close on 2 April 2025.

Details: listserv.aoir.org/pipermail/ai...
Nominations for the 2025-2027 AoIR Executive Committee are Now Open! If you’re interested in helping shape the future of the Association of Internet Researchers, please consider running for the next AoIR Executive Committee. We’re calling for nominations for: Vice-President; Treasurer; three Open Seats; and a Graduate Student Representative. Nominations close on 2 April 2025. (You must be a current, paid AoIR member to be nominated.) For full details see: http://listserv.aoir.org/pipermail/air-l-aoir.org/2025-March/194303.html
March 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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🚨Submissions for #AoIR2025: Ruptures are DUE 1 MARCH (this Saturday)!🚨

Submission information: aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi...

Call for Proposal: aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi...

Submit here: www.conftool.org/aoir2025
reminder: submissions for #AoIR2025 are due on 1 March, this Saturday!
February 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Submissions are now open for #AoIR2025, taking place at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Fluminense Federal University) in Niterói, Brazil, from October 15th to 18th 2025.

Submissions are due by 1st March 2025.

aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi...
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January 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM