About

Internet Policy Review is a peer-reviewed online journal on internet regulation in Europe.

Scope

Internet Policy Review tracks public regulatory changes as well as private policy developments which are expected to have long lasting impacts on European societies. The journal is a resource on internet policy for academics, civil society advocates, entrepreneurs, the media and policymakers alike. Internet Policy Review contributes empirical research, analysis and current affairs coverage to contemporary debate about media, information technology, telecommunications and internet governance. Internet Policy Review’s expertise resides in its clear and independent analysis of inter-European and pan-European digital policy changes.

EDITORIAL BOARD

The Editorial board of Internet Policy Review is made up of internet researchers nominated for a period of two years. The Editorial board provides guidance and advice on the academic orientation of the journal and helps promoting it. The members also engage in peer reviewing research articles submitted to Internet Policy Review.  The Editorial board is composed of:

  • Maurizio Borghi Bournemouth UniversityUnited Kingdom
    • intellectual property law
    • data protection
    • information technology law
  • Lee Bygrave University of OsloNorway
    • private law
    • security
    • internet governance
  • Niva Elkin-Koren University of HaifaIsrael
    • intellectual property law
    • cyberlaw
  • Tom Evens Ghent UniversityBelgium
    • media
    • communications
  • Maja Bogataj Jančič Intellectual Property InstituteSlovenia
    • intellectual property law
  • Joe Karaganis Open SyllabusUnited States of America
    • platform regulation
    • media piracy
  • Peter Mezei University of SzegedHungary
    • comparative law
    • copyright law
  • Stefania Milan University of AmsterdamNetherlands
    • new media
    • digital culture
  • Federico Morando Politecnico di TorinoItaly
    • economics
    • intellectual property law
    • competition law
  • Jo Pierson Vrije Universiteit BrusselBelgium
    • media
    • communications
  • Jean-Christophe Plantin London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom
    • media
    • communications
  • Bernhard Rieder University of AmsterdamNetherlands
    • new media
    • digital culture
  • Joseph Savirimuthu University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom
    • governance
    • regulation
    • emerging technologies
  • Nicola Searle Goldsmiths, University of LondonUnited Kingdom
    • economics
    • digital media

MANAGING BOARD

The Managing board of the Internet Policy Review is a board of senior internet research scholars. The board ensures quality of the journal and makes recommendations about ethical, methodological and other academic questions that are raised by the editorial team. The Managing board is composed of:

  • Mélanie Dulong de RosnayCIS-CNRS, Université Paris-Sorbonne
  • Natali HelbergerIViR, University of Amsterdam
  • Jeanette HofmannHIIGBerlin
  • Martin KretschmerCREATe, University of Glasgow
  • Robert KrimmerJohan Skytte Institute, University of Tartu
  • David Megías JiménezIN3, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  • Wolfgang SchulzHans-Bredow Institute, University of Hamburg

EDITORIAL TEAM

The Editorial team operates the journal on a daily basis. The academic editors are responsible for finding reviewers for each manuscript that is in their care, providing a scholarly check when it comes to the handling of theories and methodologies, as well as ensuring the texts employ the proper academic style (APA 7 references, etc). Academic editors coordinate with the managing editor to deliver comprehensive peer reviews. 

Members of the editorial team, project managers and former editors listed here work with authors and reviewers throughout Europe and beyond.

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Reviewers

The journal depends on the work of volunteer reviewers in order to maintain a high standard of quality and academic rigour. You can read more about Internet Policy Review’s unique peer-review process here. As a small thank you for this effort - and from the more than 250 reviewers up until today, we have listed those reviewers who have agreed to have their names displayed:

  • Yoonmo SangSungshin Women's University
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • communication technology
    • copyright
    • digital culture
    • media law and policy
  • Rafael GrohmannUnisinos University
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • comparative parliamentary research
    • digital labour
    • platform cooperativism
    • datafication
    • digital culture
    • journalism
  • Julia SchwanholzGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen
    • Political Science
    • comparative parliamentary research
    • digital transformation
    • political systems of western europe
    • welfare states
  • Paul ThomasUniversity of Manitoba
    • Political Science
  • Pablo Estaban RodriguezUniversity of Buenos Aires
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • contemporary philosophy
    • cybernetics
    • information theory
  • David NieborgUniversity of Toronto
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • cultural production
    • platforms
  • Stefan BaackWeizenbaum-Institut / Mozilla Foundation
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • civic tech
    • data activism
    • data journalism
    • datafication
    • open data
  • Colin J. BennettUniversity of Victoria
    • Political Science
    • american government and politics
    • comparative politics
    • information and communications policy
    • privacy
    • social implications of new information technologie
  • Thomas Christian BächleAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • body & identity & technology
    • ehealth
    • human/machine interaction
    • mobile media
    • robotics & interfaces
    • surveillance
    • technological materialities
  • Karen YeungUniversity of Birmingham
    • Law
    • algorithmic accountability
    • algorithmic regulation
    • artificial intelligence
    • big data
    • governance
    • liberal constitutional democracies
  • Andrej LangMartin-Luther-Universität
    • Law
    • Constitutional law
    • International commercial law
    • European law
    • International law
    • Administrative law
  • Sean LawsonUniversity of Utah
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • chaos theory
    • complexity theory
    • cyber security
    • cyber warfare
    • drones
    • history
    • military
    • network science
    • network-centric warfare
    • nonproliferation
    • privacy
    • science and technology studies
    • sts
    • warfare
  • Seda GürsesKU Leuven
    • Computer Science
    • optimization systems
    • privacy
    • privacy enhancing technologies
    • software engineering
    • surveillance
  • Mikkel FlyverbomCopenhagen Business School
    • Economics / Business Studies
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • anticipatory governance
    • big data
    • corporate advocacy
    • datafication
    • global internet governance
    • internet governance
    • internet industry
    • networks
    • transparency
    • visibilities
    • visibility management
  • Benjamin PetersUniversity of Tulsa
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • history of computing
    • history of internet
    • language
    • new media
    • search
    • soviet information science
  • Meryem MarzoukiLIP6, French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) and Sorbonne Université
    • Political Science
    • human rights
    • internet governance
    • internet regulation
  • Pradip Ninan ThomasUniversity of Queensland
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • india
    • public media
    • public sector
    • religion
    • social change
  • Mathieu O'NeilUniversity of Canberra
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • diffusion of controversies
    • political economy of digital commons
    • social change
    • religion
    • social network analysis
  • Swagatam SinhaETH Zürich
    • Economics / Business Studies
    • intellectual property
  • Avi MarcianoBen-Gurion University of the Negev
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • biometrics
    • lgbtq
    • new media
    • surveillance
  • Jo PiersonVrije Universiteit Brussel
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • data
    • domestication
    • privacy
    • trust
    • user empowerment
  • Daniel KreissUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • elections
    • new media
    • political campaigning
    • public sphere
  • Mauricio MouraGeorge Washington University
    • Economics / Business Studies
    • Political Science
  • Joost P. PoortInsitute for Information Law (IVIR), University of Amsterdam
    • Economics / Business Studies
    • copyright
    • economics
    • market structure
    • media
  • Kathryn C. MontgomeryAmerican University
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • children
    • digital media
    • digital politics
    • youth
  • Bernhard RiederUniversity of Amsterdam
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • algorithms
    • computational research methods
    • data visualization
    • history of software
    • knowledge production
    • theory of software
  • Efrat DaskalThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • advocacy
    • digital rights
    • ethics
    • media ethics
    • media law
    • media policy
    • media regulation
  • Tom EvensDepartment of Communication Sciences, Ghent University
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • Economics / Business Studies
    • digital media
    • media economics
    • political economy
    • television
  • Tina PiperMcGill University
    • Law
    • copyright
    • history of medicine
    • intellectual property
    • intellectual property law
    • legal history
    • patents
    • science and technology studies
  • Péter MezeiInstitute of Comparative Law
    • Law
    • intellectual property
    • intellectual property law
  • Stef van GompelInstitute for Information Law (IVIR), University of Amsterdam
    • Law
    • copyright
    • intellectual property
    • intellectual property law
    • music management
  • Jake GoldenfeinSwinburne University of Technology & Cornell Tech
    • Law
    • augmented reality
    • computer surveillance
    • cyber-physical systems
    • intellectual property
    • internet of things
    • law enforcement
    • privacy
  • Keiran HardyGriffith University
    • Law
    • big data
    • counter-insurgency
    • counter-radicalisation
    • counter-terrorism
    • criminal law
    • criminology
    • cyber terrorism
    • intelligence whistleblowing
    • public law
    • terrorism
    • whistleblowing
  • Monique MannQueensland University of Technology
    • Law
    • biometrics
    • crime
    • cybercrime
    • police technology
    • policing
    • surveillance
  • Bryce NewellUniversity of Kentucky
    • Law
    • access to information
    • immigration
    • information law
    • information policy
    • mixed-methods empirical research
    • policing
    • privacy
    • social informatics
    • surveillance
  • Kayleen ManwaringUNSW Sydney
    • Law
    • consumer contracts
    • consumer protection
    • intellectual property law
    • internet of things
  • Katie EllisCurtin University
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • communication studies
    • critical disability studies
    • digital media
    • disability
    • film studies
    • media studies
  • Matthias SpielkampiRights
    • algorithmic governance
    • algorithms
    • digitization
    • internet governance
    • internet regulation
    • journalism
    • online journalism
  • Christian KatzenbachHumboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG), Freie Universität Berlin
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • algorithms
    • artificial intelligence
    • communication studies
    • copyright
    • media governance
    • media regulation
    • online communication
    • platforms
    • social media
    • sts
  • Joseph SavirimuthuUniversity of Liverpool
    • Law
    • autonomous systems
    • child online safety
    • identity theft
    • information governance
    • peer-to-peer file sharing
    • regulation
    • robotics
    • surveillance
  • Judith TownendUniversity of Sussex
    • Law
    • access to information
    • cultural and media policies
    • data law
    • information law
    • information policy
    • law and society
    • media and communications law
    • media regulation
    • media studies
    • open access to law
    • regulation
    • socio-legal studies
  • Carlos Affonso SouzaUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
    • Law
    • copyright
    • e-commerce
    • ict regulation
    • intellectual property
    • internet governance
  • Stefania MilanUniversity of Amsterdam
    • Sociology
    • activism
    • algorithmic transparency
    • big data
    • digital methods
    • internet governance
    • privacy
    • research ethics
    • social media
    • surveillance
  • Jon PenneyOxford University
    • Law
    • censorship
    • chilling effects
    • constitutional law
    • human rights
    • legal history
    • privacy
    • security
  • Matthias C. KettemannCluster of Excellence „Normative Orders“, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
    • Law
    • digital human rights
    • human rights
    • international law
    • internet governance
  • Roxana RaduProgramme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford
    • Political Science
    • cybersecurity
    • data control
    • e-government
    • e-participation
    • intermediary liability
    • internet governance
    • internet policy
    • media regulation
    • new media
  • Julien NocettiFrench Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
    • cybersecurity
    • internet governance
    • internet policy
    • russia
  • Alessandro ManteleroPolitecnico de Torino
    • Law
    • artificial intelligence
    • big data
    • data protection
    • human rights
  • Nicolo ZingalesUniversity of Sussex
    • Law
    • Economics / Business Studies
    • antitrust
    • competition law
    • data protection
    • data-driven innovation
    • information law
    • intellectual property
    • intermediary liability
    • internet governance
    • privacy
    • technology law
  • Joe KaraganisThe American Assembly, Columbia University
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • broadband adoption
    • intermediary liability
    • knowledge economy
    • piracy
    • regulation
  • Marcella FavaleBournemouth University
    • Law
    • biotechnologies
    • copyright
    • drm
    • intellectual property
    • new technologies
    • orphan works
    • patents
  • Björn LundqvistStockholm University
    • Law
    • competition law
    • eu law
    • intellectual property law
  • Nikolaus ForgóDepartment of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law, University of Vienna
    • Law
    • consumer protection
    • data protection
    • data security
    • e-commerce
    • intellectual property
  • Joss WrightOxford Internet Institute
    • Computer Science
    • anonymity
    • anonymization
    • censorship
    • computer science
    • data minimization
    • privacy
    • security
    • surveillance
  • Joanna KuleszaUniversity of Lodz, Faculty of Law and Administration, Adjunct
    • Law
    • cybersecurity
    • international internet law
    • international law
    • internet governance
  • Johan SöderbergDepartment of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, Göteborg University
    • Philosophy
    • 3d printing
    • free software
    • open hardware
    • open source
    • sociology
    • sts
  • Primavera de FilippiNational Center of Scientific Research (CNRS)
    • Economics / Business Studies
    • Law
    • bitcoin
    • blockchain
    • cloud computing
    • creative commons
    • drm systems
    • governance-by-design
    • peer-to-peer
    • private ordering
  • Julia PohleWissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)
    • Communication & Media Studies
    • civil society
    • global governance
    • governance & law
    • international relations
    • internet governance
    • internet policy
  • David Pachaliirights.info & free journalist
    • digital media
    • intellectual property
    • journalism

If you have reviewed for Internet Policy Review and would like to be added to (or removed from) the list, please email us at editor@policyreview.info

Contributors

As a specialised journal, the Internet Policy Review is managed by a small editorial team (see under 'Editorial team'). The journal accepts submissions of original academic research (see ‘For authors’ section). We encourage analysis articles which either draw on research or make analytical links with recent research. We are open to contributions from academia, civil society, and the public and private sectors. Visit our 'For authors' page for more information and instructions on how to submit an article.

Why publish with us

Quality peer review

Our peer review process is not blind. It is transparent. The authors, reviewers and editors ‘see each other’ and work on the same copy of the manuscript. The peer-review is challenging but constructive.

The editorial team handpicks two reviewers for each manuscript. One reviewer is almost always directly involved in the academic field that best matches the specific issue at hand (e.g. economics postdoctoral researcher specialised on cryptocurrencies for a manuscript on Bitcoin). The second reviewer generally comes from a different country than the first reviewer, most often in Europe, and is specialised on a complementary academic field (e.g. computer scientist with a focus on e-commerce).

Foster trans-disciplinarity

Excellence and knowledge generation demand an open mind. All our collaborators are expected to interact with peers from a variety of academic fields, including social sciences, computer science, economics, law, communication studies, cultural studies, history, information engineering, linguistics, and psychology.

Talk to a plural audience

Our readers include as much academics, as non-academics. The Internet Policy Review aims at breaking the barriers between audiences so as to enrich the discussion about internet policy.  An interconnected and dynamic academic community should in our view not shy away from interacting with people from the business community, civil society and public institutions alike.

Publish in context

The Internet Policy Review is covering and following current normative and regulatory developments. From global internet governance events to national internet-related laws, from Europe-specific case law in online copyright to debates on privacy, all of these are on our radar. The regular news pieces, open editorials and journalistic reviews live side-by-side with the peer-reviewed academic journal articles. Research is not left hanging somewhere outside of time and space. Academic essays and papers are rather contextualised, situated.

Partake in a growing community

We see the ‘Journal on internet regulation’ as an entity around which a community of internet researchers and internet policy aficionados regroup. The Internet Policy Review is not only a publication with a clear focus, it is a platform for strengthening and valuing European internet research and a place for thinkers and writers of the internet to debate, construct and negotiate meaning.

Avoid plagiarism

All our articles are checked for plagiarism. This is done during the editorial screening through a random check on several parts of the submitted article. Our policy ensures that all articles in the Internet Policy Review are original and exclusive.

Engage in (relatively) quick publishing

The typical duration to walk through the publication process, from submission of a manuscript to the publication of a final paper, is six months. In pandemic times, this is a demanding timeline, as much for the authors as for reviewers and editors. Fast-track publication processes in our view serve internet research especially well, as the environment and object of study are rapidly-evolving.

License

Unless otherwise stated, content on the Internet Policy Review is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany (CC BY 3.0 DE) license.

You are free:

  • to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to Remix — to adapt the work
  • to make commercial use of the work

Under the following conditions:

  • Attribution — You must always attribute the work to the author, the source of origin (Internet Policy Review) and provide a hyperlink (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).

  • The suggested formulation is: "This article by (author name), originally published on the Internet Policy Review (http://policyreview.info) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany (CC BY 3.0 DE) license."

Publication​ ​code​ ​of​ ​ethics​ ​and​ ​conduct

All parties involved in the publication process are requested to abide by common standards of ethical behaviour and be clear on the conflict resolution mechanism in place at Internet Policy Review. Read our Publication code of ethics and conduct.

Funding

Internet Policy Review is a publication of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, which enjoys initial core funding from Google. The journal started a publishing cooperation with the research consortium CREATe in 2014, joined by ISCC-CNRS in 2015 and by IN3 in 2017. In 2021, the Skytte Institute came on board. Each of these cooperation partners support the journal financially. Internet Policy Review formerly received project-specific funding from a partnership with the E-Plus Group, as well as sponsorship for special issues by the .au Domain Administration (auDA), the Swinburne Institute for Social Research and the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications. In 2017, the journal received funds from the OpenAIRE initiative to develop its technical open access features. In 2020, the journal secured funding from the German Research Foundation DFG in order to make its open access model sustainable at the editorial and financial levels.

Publishing of Internet Policy Review is supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation project ECEPS ERA Chair under grant agreement No 857622.