PhD Candidate in Information Systems: Digital Identity Wallets, Sociotechnical Infrastructures and Digital Sovereignty Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway

This PhD position is based in the Department of Computer Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and is part of the research group Information systems and computer-human interaction (ISCHI) . The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary setting that connects information systems, sociotechnical analysis, and wider work on resilience and democratic robustness. The project focuses on digital identity wallets in Norway, especially the emerging Eur...

NTNU—the Norwegian University of Science and Technology—is advertising four PhD Candidate positions within the project Cryptology and Social Life: Sovereignty, Security and Society Meet Digital Wallets , part of the strategic initiative A More Resilient Society . The project studies the European Union Digital Identity Wallet and its potential role as critical societal infrastructure in Norway and Europe. Research combines cryptology, privacy, cybersecurity, digital identity, information systems,...

This PhD position is based at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. The project sits at the intersection of sociology, ethnography, Science and Technology Studies, and digital infrastructure research, and it focuses on how digital identity technologies are reshaping security culture, trust, power, and everyday social life. The successful candidate will work as part of the interdisciplinary project Cryptology a...

The PhD project focuses on privacy-preserving protocols for digital identity wallets , including the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet. The student will study how cryptographic tools such as zero-knowledge proofs and anonymous credentials can support selective disclosure, pseudonymity, and unlinkability in real-world wallet deployments, while also examining the privacy and security risks that emerge when wallets are used across public and private services. The work combines protocol design, impl...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in GeoAI at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , in the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science (GIS). The Geospatial Computing and Society Lab studies how geospatial technologies are designed, deployed, and governed, with a focus on social consequences and more just futures. Research themes include spatial data science , geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) , critical GeoAI , algorithmic models, data systems, privacy, socio-spatial ...