University of Iowa Professor Ion Bogdan Vasi has won two Best Paper Awards from the American Sociological Association. The winning paper, titled “No Fracking Way! Media Activism, Discursive Opportunities and Local Opposition Against Hydraulic Fracturing in the United States, 2010-2013,” was published in the American Sociological Review and presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in August of last year.
The paper won the following awards:
- 2016 Best Paper Award from Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association
- 2016 Best Paper Award from the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology of the American Sociological Association
Bogdan Vasi is an associate professor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ Department of Sociology and the Tippie College of Business’ Departments of Sociology & Management and Organizations. His research focuses primarily on how social movements contribute to the diffusion of technological innovations, organizational change, and policymaking. He also studies industry emergence and the adoption and implementation of environmental practices by businesses.