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Information Technology and Politics (Section 18)

The purpose of this section is to provide a forum for members with an interest in the use of computers, the Internet, and multimedia in teaching, research, and policy applications in political science and all related subfields and disciplines.

Founded: 1988
Public Discussion List: APSA Connect discussion
Newsletter: Information Technology and Politics Newsletter

Social: @apsa_itp

Section Counts

Section Membership Dues

Student Regular
$0 $8
Section Officers

Section Officers

Section Journal

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

JITP_Dec17


Publishes 4 times per year.

Section Awards

Section awards are presented during the APSA annual meeting awards ceremony. To learn more about any award listed, contact the award committee chair for the award.

All section 18. Information Technology and Politics awards to-date »

Best Dissertation Award

Best dissertation in information technology and politics defended since the last APSA annual meeting. Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email

Tongtong Zhang

Stanford University ttzhang7@stanford.edu
Kiran Basavaraj University College London k.basavaraj@ucl.ac.uk
Bryan Gervais University of Texas at San Antonio bryan.gervais@utsa.edu

Best Book Award

Best book in information technology and politics published in the previous calendar year (ie 2023 for 2024’s award call). Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Jennifer Forestal Loyola University Chicago jforestal@luc.edu
Emily van Duyn University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign evd@illinois.edu
Andrew Chadwick Loughborough University   a.chadwick@lboro.ac.uk

 

Best Journal of Information Technology and Politics Article Award

Best article published in information technology and politics published in the previous calendar year (ie 2023 for 2024’s award call; must have appeared in an issue – articles that are published as online first should be considered for the year in which they are published in their final version).  Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email

Benjamin Guinaudeau

University of Konstanz bguinaudeau@gmail.com
Kevin Munger Pennsylvania State University kmm7999@psu.edu
Fabio Votta University of Amsterdam  f.a.votta@uva.nl

 

Best Conference Paper Award

The Best Conference Paper Award recognizes the best conference paper in the area of information technology and politics. The contest is limited to articles presented at conferences in the previous calendar year. Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Kari Steen-Johnsen Institute for Social Research, Norway kari.steen-johnsen@socialresearch.no
Mads Thau Institute for Social Research, Norway mads.thau@samfunnsforskning.no
Cristian Vaccari Loughborough University cristian.vaccari@gmail.com

Best Student Paper Award

Best student paper presented in information technology and politics at the previous year’s APSA. Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Rui Wang University of Buffalo rwang38@buffalo.edu
Dror Walter Georgia State University dwalter2@gsu.edu
Yotam Ophir University of Buffalo  yotamoph@buffalo.edu

Best Public Facing Scholarship Award

Best public-facing scholarship published in the previous calendar year (ie 2023 for 2024's award call). This includes blog posts and popular press publications intended for a broad public audience. Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
David Nemer University of Virginia nemer@virginia.edu
David Karpf George Washington University  dkarpf@gwu.edu
Jennifer Clark University of Houston  jclar2@central.uh.edu
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