PhD Scholarship in the impacts and implications of stablecoins on payment networks

Join an international and interdisciplinary team of leading scholars to study the implications of digital tokenization for the financial sector.

The PhD project will investigate the impact of stablecoins on the credit card payments industry. It will examine how payments infrastructure is transformed by digital token integration, focusing on systems-level processes through a mixed methods approach.

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$35,886

One (1).

Individuals holding a Masters degree or prior PhD.

2028-01-01

Along with CV and academic transcripts, candidates should submit a 2-page research proposal that includes 2-3 open-ended research questions or a hypothesis. Familiarity with economic sociology or science and technology studies; and knowledge of the payments or financial sectors is an advantage. Relevant professional experience should be noted in the proposal.

The project is part of an ARC Discovery Grant, titled Shadow Money: A Comparative Analysis. The international team of scholars includes Ellie Rennie (RMIT University), Fabio Mattioli (University of Melbourne), Tatiana Cutts (Melbourne Law School), Julia Tomassettii (Swinburne University), Kean Birch (York University), Tina Harris (University of Amsterdam). We encourage applicants who have familiarity with science and technology studies, the social studies of finance, platform studies, blockchain studies.

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PhD Scholarship in the impacts and implications of stablecoins on payment networks