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.)

The committee to judge dissertations in English is this year comprised of
Kate O'Riordan (University of Sussex and Committee Chair), Jean-Christophe
Plantin (London School of Economics), Usha Raman (University of Hyderabad),
and Vanessa Valiati (Universidade Feevale-RS).

The committee to judge dissertations in Portuguese is comprised of Nanci
Oddone (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and
Committee Chair), Raquel Recuero (Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel)),
Rafael Grohmann (University of Toronto) and João C. Magalhães (University
of Groningen).

For any questions about English-language submissions, please contact Kate
O'Riordan dissertationaward [at] aoir.org or Nicholas John prez [at]
aoir.org.

Please direct any questions about Portuguese-language submissions to ac
[at] aoir.org.
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