Blockchain in Academia

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Project Study

📌 Key facts

• Mission: Determine the most significant blockchain applications in academia - Present or Future! We already have a database containing papers that may serve as a basis for the thesis. • When: Start anytime. Applications are open! • How to apply: Send us an e-mail (at the end of this page) with your CV and a grade report and a tentative research idea (research question, data, and methods, possible outcomes with a tentative outline all in word as *.docx)

Contents

• 💡 Background
• 🦾Who We Are
• 🎯 Goals
• 🧠 Topics of Interest
• 🎓 Profile
• 📚 Further Reading
• 📄 Requirements to any Work
• 📬 How to Apply

💡 Background

"Blockchain is an emerging exponential technology that disrupts the existing way of doing business. During the last 10 years its importance has been highlighted and many organizations worldwide have embraced it and developed innovative applications. Even though Blockchain has been adopted by many sectors, Universities are reluctant to propose new academic programs on this field at bachelor and postgraduate level and fail to efficiently educate students on Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Consequently, universities have failed to investigate the business, technical, legal and other aspects of this technology." (more here).

As a result, there is a lot of untapped potential! In your thesis, you should take a closer look at the subject and investigate the state-of-the-art. What could be use cases in academia? Which are the most promising ones?

🦾Who We Are

The Chair for Strategy and Organization is focused on research with impact. This means we do not want to repeat old ideas and base our research solely on the research people did 10 years ago. Instead, we currently research topics that will shape the future. Topics such as Agile Organizations and Digital Disruption, Blockchain Technology, Creativity and Innovation, Digital Transformation and Business Model Innovation, Diversity, Education: Education Technology and Performance Management, HRTech, Leadership, and Teams. We are always early in noticing trends, technologies, strategies, and organizations that shape the future, which has its ups and downs.

🎯 Goals

• Explore the state-of-the-art of blockchain technology in academia
• relevant players
• first steps
• implementation
• USP of blockchain technology
• ...
• Determine pain points of academia that could benefit from blockchain solutions
• Make your results visible

🧠 Topics of Interest

• Crypto and Blockchain Technology
• The Future of Science
• Innovation
• Thinking out of the box

🎓 Profile

• Reliable and self-driven
• Enthusiasm for Blockchain / Science & Academia / Pain Points / Innovation
• Ability to do sophisticated internet, desk research, and connect with practitioners
• Passionate to learn more about the future and do research with impact

📚 Further Reading

Blockchain's Disruptive Potential in Academia is Massive | Hacker Noon

Blockcerts, touted as the open standard for blockchain credential verification, has seen widespread adoption and utilization in civic records and license distribution, academic credential management, and workforce development. The social and economic benefits of a trustless system enabling seamless peer-to-peer interaction within a decentralized network, that academic institutions have latched onto.

hackernoon.com

The rising profile of blockchain in academe

When he was in graduate school and working toward a doctorate in computer science, Arthur Carvalho made a life-changing decision. "It was 2012, and my friend suggested that we invest some money in Bitcoin," he recalled. At the time, one Bitcoin was valued at around $13.

www.insidehighered.com

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4 Ways Blockchain Will Transform Higher Education

The most ambitious uses for blockchain in higher education could disrupt the industry. In 2017, the University of Melbourne started using blockchain to issue digital credentials , enabling students to share verified copies of their qualifications with employers and other third parties in a tamperproof system.

www.gartner.com

(PDF) Blockchain in Academia: Where do we stand and where do we go?

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All Papers for Download:

📄 Requirements to any Work

We do not want your research to gather dust in some corner of bookshelf but make it accessible to the world. Thus, we warmly encourage you to create some or all of the following:

• Infograph - visually represent some of your work (find examples here)
• Slide Deck - summarize your research and possibly present it
• Extract most important sequences from podcasts, videos, and other media
• 3-4 Tweets about the most important findings and summarizing the topic
• optional: Medium Article - let people outside the university know about your research and start your personal brand

📬 How to Apply

If you are interested, please contact Prof. Dr. Isabell Welpe and Eva Meyer (e-mail below) by submitting your CV and grade report. Please also briefly outline your tentative research idea (research question, data and methods, possible outcomes with a tentative outline all in word as *.docx)

We're greatly looking forward to hearing more about you!

👉 welpe@tum.de; meyer.eva@bcg.com