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 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 | |
|---|---|---|
|
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Article Published in Information Technology and Politics
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 | |
|---|---|---|
|
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
