Building a More Trusted, Citizen Focused World …
Well, our lab — the Blockpass ID Lab — turned three years old this year, and over the past year, it has really pushed itself forward. We have a new spin-out being formed and have published so many papers. Overall — we hope — we contributed to the development of trusted, resilient and secure systems, and which focuses on the citizen. For us, we want to put the citizen at the heart of this new digital world.
A core part of our current work is on the EU Horizon-funded GLASS project [here], and which aims to change the way that a citizens interact with government and governance services. This will support the rights of citizens in the EU to: look for a job in another EU country; work there without needing a work permit; reside there for that purpose; stay there even after employment has finished; and enjoy equal treatment with nationals [here]. These are things that I deeply believe in, and which break down the barriers that national borders put in our way.
This research project supports the implementation digital wallet for each citizen, and which contains credentials which can be used many times: claim once, use many times. So, if Alice applies for a job in another country, she can gather her claims for her identity, tax status academic qualifications, and so on, and present this in a way that protects her privacy, but is…
