Research Associate (Postdoc) position on Managing and Designing Digital Identity Wallet Ecosystems

Successful candidates will join the young, vibrant, and interdisciplinary FINATRAX Research Group, which builds bridges between business research and information systems engineering. The group conducts research on the application and the impact of digital technologies like DLT/Blockchain, Digital Identities, Machine Learning/AI, and IoT/5G on organisations from both the private and public sectors. The group consists of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds (e.g., policy, business, technology), united in pursuit of sustainable technologies that positively impact society. For more information, please visit our website: https://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/research/finatrax/

The candidate will be mainly funded through an industry partnership with Luxembourg’s Ministry for Digitalisation. We support with strategic decision-making in the context of Luxembourg’s digital identity wallet and the European digital identity wallets (EUDIW). The candidate would perform, among others, the following tasks:

• Carry out research in the field of digital identity wallets, such as:
  • Critical evaluations of technical design choices for digital identity wallets, emerging standards (e.g., OIDC4VC/VP) and their compatibility with existing standards
  • Economic implications of digital identity wallets and incentives for stakeholders to adopt them
  • Legal compliance of digital identity wallet designs with the multi-layered regulatory framework (e.g., eIDAS, GDPR, SDGR)
• Provide guidance to PhD students
• Disseminate results through scientific publications
• Prepare research proposals to attract industry partnerships as well as national and European grant projects 
• Manage research projects and prepare project deliverables 
• Provide guidance to Master students and PhD students that submit work to conferences or journals

We offer two different career paths for research associates, depending on their interest in an academic or industry career. In our academic track, research associates focus on publications, research grants, teaching experience, and community involvement, while maintaining a close relationship with industry and government to secure access to rich research data. In our industry track, research associates prepare for a career in industry, in a start-up, or public body while utilizing their previous theoretical knowledge. They will build relationships with our private and public partners, while having the freedom to pursue their own ideas in an innovative and dynamic environment.