[Air-L] "Best Research Thesis Award" in Internet Research

[Uwe Matzat]

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DGOF prize "Best Research Thesis Award"

The German Society for Online Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer
Onlineforschung, DGOF) announces its Best Research Thesis Award in the
field of Internet Research. The prize has a value of 3000,- Euros. It will
be given to students who have finished a thesis (Bachelor/Master/Ph.D.) in
2007 or 2008. The submission deadline is: December 31, 2008.

Requirements
Submissions in English or German language must include an electronic
version (word or pdf) of the thesis plus an additional English language
extended abstract (600-1000 words) that summarizes the analyzed question,
the used methods, the most important findings, and its relationship to
relevant existing theories and earlier findings. The thesis must be
written in 2008 or 2007. At the time the thesis was submitted all authors
must have been graduate or postgraduate students only. Works by post-docs
are not eligible for submission. The thesis may have multiple student
authors.

Evaluation Criteria
The prize will be given to the author(s) of a thesis that provides an
exceptional analysis of a specific issue in the area of internet research.
The analysis should focus on aspects of

   * social, organizational, or psychological consequences or aspects of
   mobile or online 
communication (Web 2.0, social networking, online communities, E-Health,
digital inequality, etc). and/or

    * method research (web surveys, online experiments, mobile surveys,
    multi-mode data 
collection, statistical biases, innovative forms of data collection, etc).


All applications will be evaluated by a jury of experts in the area of
internet research on basis of the following criteria, if applicable.

    * innovativeness of the findings
    * theoretical foundation
    * adequacy of the chosen research design and, if applicable, the
    empirical foundation * clarity of the presentation.

The Award
The author(s) will be given the opportunity to present the findings at the
General Online Research Conference 2009 (see www.gor.de) and to publish
the work. 1300,- Euros of the prize will go directly to the applicant(s)
who are selected as winners by the expert evaluators. Additional 1700,-
Euros will be provided for publication in the book series "Neue Schriften
zur Online-Forschung" and, if necessary, English language translation of a
short manuscript that presents selected findings of the thesis for
submission as an article to the International Journal of Internet Science

Procedure
Applicants have to submit an electronic copy of their thesis, including
the extended abstract and a copy of the received grade (if available)
online at the GOR 09 Conftool: www.gor.de. Email submissions are excluded.
Authors of empirical as well as theoretical contributions that score high
on the evaluation criteria are encouraged to submit their work. More
information is available at www.gor.de and via office at dgof.de. 

Submission via GOR09 Conftool at www.gor.de: Please create an account
("Register new"), then submit your thesis. Please follow this scheme:
"Your submissions" and after that please choose "DGOF prize "Best Research
Thesis Award"". 

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Uwe Matzat
Sociology Section, Department of Technology Management
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
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phone +31 40 247-8392, fax +31 40 247-4646
http://www.tue-tm-soc.nl/~matzat
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