About Policy & Internet

Policy & Internet (P&I) is a leading interdisciplinary journal exploring the societal implications of digital technologies and responses from governments, industry, communities and individuals. 

We publish work that engages with long-standing concerns—such as digital divides, privacy, access to information and freedom of expression—and rapidly evolving issues including digital geopolitics, misinformation, algorithmic decision-making, online harms and oligarchies. 

We prioritise original research examining how the Internet and digital technologies reshape power, participation, governance and everyday life. This includes research on both emerging and established technologies alike, including social media, artificial intelligence, extended reality (AR/VR), the Internet of Things, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, as well as the infrastructures and institutions that sustain them.  

We value theoretical innovation, empirical rigour and methodological diversity. 

We invite interdisciplinary work that deepens understanding of digital futures and the social, ethical, and political choices that shape them, including political science, sociology, communication, science and technology studies and more.

The Policy & Internet conference will bring together a range of international voices to demonstrate how varying approaches towards internet policy are established, embodied and engaged with by a variety of stakeholders. Together, scholars and policymakers will discuss current practices, alternative designs and the ‘unknowns’ that are required for inclusive internet governance.

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Editorial Team

Regional Editors

The role of a regional editor is to provide strategic advice on scholarship from the region, including assisting with manuscript decisions, identifying peer reviewers and, in collaboration with the Commissioning Editor, supporting new submissions. Regional editors may also be called upon to peer review or manage a select number of manuscripts through peer review each year.

Academic Editors

Academic Editors play a vital role in overseeing the peer review process from start to finish. They are responsible for identifying and inviting expert reviewers, evaluating reviewer feedback, and communicating editorial decisions to authors. In addition to their editorial responsibilities, Academic Editors contribute to the intellectual direction and impact of the journal. As ambassadors for the journal they use their expertise to raise awareness of our work within the global research community. 

Simon Burke, University of Sydney
Nelson Chen, University of Sydney 
Frances Di Lauro, University of Sydney
Ben Egliston, University of Sydney
Micah Goldwater, University of Sydney
Callum J. Harvey, Oxford Internet Institute
Tim Koskie, University of Sydney
Eugenia Lee, University of Sydney
Ruben Perez Hidalgo, University of Sydney
Wenjia Tang, University of Sydney
Xuanzi Xu, University of Sydney

Editorial Board

Provides regular peer reviews, particularly for complex manuscripts/issues. Contributes to strategy and research priorities.

Olga Boichak, The University of Sydney
Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles
Andreas Busch, University of Göttingen
Manuel Castells, Open University of Catalonia
Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University
Patrick Dunleavy, London School of Economics
Nicholas Economides, New York University
Terry Flew, The University of Sydney
Heather Ford, University of Technology Sydney
Gerard Goggin, Western Sydney University
Cristina Gonzalez Diaz, University of Alicante
Andrew Graham, University of Oxford
Robert Hahn, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Eszter Hargittai, Northwestern University
Paul Henman, University of Queensland
Matthew Hindman, Arizona State University
Jiagris Hodson, Royal Roads University
Miriam Lips, Victoria University of Wellington
Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics
Milton Mueller, Syracuse University
Vicki Nash, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Hirokazu Okumura, University of Tokyo
Cornelius Puschmann, University of Bremen
Ang Pen Hwa, Nanyang Technological University
Angela Sasse, University College London
AnnaLee Saxenian, University of California, Berkeley
Philip Schlesinger, University of Glasgow
J.P. Singh, Georgetown University
Hal Varian, University of California, Berkeley
Thierry Vedel, Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po – IEP)
Kim Weatherall, The University of Sydney
Michael Xenos, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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