Research Partnerships
Kleros collaborates with academic institutions, legal organizations, and technology partners to advance research in decentralized justice.Academic Collaborations
University of Oxford: The Kleros Doctoral Research Support Grant, established in partnership with Oxford’s computer science department, co-funds doctoral research in areas relevant to decentralized dispute resolution. Kleros Fellowship of Justice: An ongoing program (seven cohorts as of 2024) that supports researchers and practitioners from universities worldwide. Fellows have researched topics spanning environmental dispute resolution, jurisdictional analysis of blockchain arbitration, AI-art copyright, and scientific misconduct adjudication.Legal & Standards Organizations
Kleros has engaged with legal institutions and standards bodies to explore the relationship between decentralized arbitration and existing legal frameworks:- Participation in Thomson Reuters events on legal technology
- Research published in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Stanford Journal on Blockchain Law & Policy, and Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution
- ERC-792 arbitration standard proposal for Ethereum smart contract interoperability
Technology Partners
Kleros products integrate with and are used by major Web3 infrastructure providers:- Chainlink: Verifiable Random Function (VRF) for secure juror selection
- Gnosis/Zodiac: Reality Module integration for DAO governance execution
- Blockscout, MetaMask, Otterscan: Scout registry data for contract labels and safety information
- Arbitrum: Home chain for Kleros Court V2
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Interested in a research partnership? Reach out through the Kleros website or join the discussion on the Kleros Forum.