The IIP conducts groundbreaking research and innovative programs on the social implications of information technology, with an emphasis on the potential of information technologies for improving democratic discourse, social responsibility and quality of life. Its annual workshops unite experts from across the globe to share research on issues of access and security.
Since its formation, the IIP has received approximately $2.3 million in external support, not including in-kind contributions, from sponsors including AT&T, the Ford Foundation, Google, The Media Democracy Fund, and the National Science Foundation.
News and Announcements
- IIP is co-sponsoring a workshop on the The Political Power of Information Technology Industries, as an ICA 2025 pre-conference, to be held at the University of Denver, June 12, 2025, 9:00AM – 4:30PM. See the call for papers. Abstract deadline: January 31, 2025.
- IIP Co-Director Krishna Jayakar spoke on "Smart Cities: Transnational Capital and Local Sovereignty," at a talk co-sponsored by the Centre for Media and Communication Research (CMCR), School of Communication, and the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Study (LEWI), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the Hong Kong Baptist University, on December 18, 2024. The full talk is available online.
- Co-Director Emeritus Richard Taylor honored with the Richard J. Barber Distinguished Service Award by the Pacific Telecommunications Council at their annual convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, in January 2024. A brief snippet from Richard's acceptance speech. Congratulations, Richard.
- Co-Director Krishna Jayakar and Chun Liu (former IIP Doctoral Fellow and current Professor, UESTC, China) published a new book titled Making Policy for the New Information Economy: Comparing China and India (Routledge, 2023).
- The Journal of Information Policy published the 50th Anniversary Special Issue of the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference 2023. For these articles and others in Volume 13 of the journal, visit online at this link
- Co-Director Amit Schejter published a new book titled Digital Capabilities: ICT Adoption in Marginalized Communities in Israel and the West Bank (Springer, 2023).
- IIP organized a Blue Sky Workshop titled Open Access, Open Communications: Opportunities and Challenges for Open Access Journals in Communications as part of the International Communication Association’s Seventieth Annual Convention, at Gold Coast, Australia, May 20-26, 2020. Participants included Jeffrey Blevins (Democratic Communique); Larry Gross (International Journal of Communications); Krishna Jayakar (Journal of Information Policy); Sumit Narula (Journal of Content, Community and Communication); Chris Russill (Canadian Journal of Communication); Kevin Sanson (Media Industries); Amit Schejter (Journal of Information Policy); Richard Taylor (Journal of Information Policy) and Peter Thompson (The Political Economy of Communication). Here is the LINK to the video recording of the session.
- Penn State News covers IIP: "Institute for Information Policy targeting 'big data' at May workshop."