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Research

Kleros is grounded in academic research spanning cryptoeconomics, game theory, social choice theory, and legal studies. The protocol’s design draws on peer-reviewed publications, and the team actively collaborates with researchers and institutions to advance the field of decentralized justice.

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Research Areas

Cryptoeconomics & Mechanism Design: The incentive structures, voting systems, and attack resistance properties of the Kleros protocol. This includes Schelling point mechanisms, penalty/reward systems, and analysis of griefing attacks. Social Choice Theory: Voting aggregation methods for multi-option disputes, including analysis of clone independence, Condorcet properties, and manipulation resistance across Plurality, Ranked Pairs, Schulze, and other systems. Random Number Generation: Secure on-chain randomness for juror selection, covering Chainlink VRF, threshold signatures, and verifiable delay functions. Legal & Regulatory: The status of decentralized arbitration under existing legal frameworks, enforceability of on-chain rulings, and the relationship between blockchain dispute resolution and traditional ODR (Online Dispute Resolution). Identity & Sybil Resistance: Proof of Humanity as a foundation for one-person-one-vote systems, soulbound tokens, and PoH-gated jury selection.

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Kleros Fellowship of Justice

The Fellowship of Justice program, launched in 2018, builds a community of researchers and practitioners contributing to decentralized justice. Fellows have researched topics including decentralized justice for environmental conflicts, blockchain-based dispute resolution in Brazil, AI-art copyright disputes, and scientific misconduct adjudication.

Apply for the Fellowship

The Fellowship is open for applications periodically. Check the Kleros blog for the latest cohort announcements.

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Doctoral Research Grant

Kleros has established the Kleros Doctoral Research Support Grant in partnership with the computer science department of the University of Oxford to co-fund doctoral research in areas relevant to decentralized dispute resolution.

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What’s Next?

Papers

Published academic work by and about Kleros

Case Studies

Real-world dispute outcomes and system analysis

Partnerships

Academic and institutional collaborations