The concept of ‘identity’ underpins many aspects of trusted and trustworthy secure digital systems. In a partnership between the Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure for Identity Systems programme at the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) and SPRITE+ we will support the development of a global community of interest in digital identity. Leveraging the strengths and connections of the existing ATI programme (including their Gates Foundation grant), this community will develop and share research and practice relating to understanding and mitigating the technical, social, and other risks of/to digital identity.

The project will coordinate a range of activity including a rapid evidence review to identify good practice and gaps and set the research agenda for future work. The research questions that will define the basis for the review are:

1. What evidence exists about the nature of the relationship between digital and non-digital identities?
2. Disciplinary Scope
• What disciplinary frameworks use a notion of (digital) identity and what role does it play in those disciplines
• What interdisciplinary work has been conducted on (digital) identity?
• what disciplines are contributing to that interdisciplinary work?
3. Methods
• What are the different methods/methodologies that have been used to study identity?
• What is the relationship between evidence generated by the different methods?
4. How are the above moderated by different country/cultural contexts?

The deadline for applications 4th December 2023.

We are expecting to identify and notify the person/team to carry out the review by the 15th December 2023 and for the review to be completed by 31st March 2024.

A report describing the review: the methods; results and analysis thereof.

Presentation of review findings to an international workshop in April/May 2024'.

A fee of £5,000 will be paid on delivery of the report. Travel and subsistence expenses for attending the workshop will also be covered.

Applications should be submitted via the Alan Turing Institute’s flexigrant system by 4th December 2023.

The submission should consist of:

1. A covering letter of no more than two pages describing the applicants’ credentials for carrying out the review and the approach that would be adopted for conducting it. If the application is from a team, then also make it clear who will be responsible for which parts of the work.
2. A CV of no more than two pages. If the application is by a team rather than an individual, then please include the CV of each team member
3. An example of previous relevant work can also be provided but this is not required.