The Digital Economy Research Group at Victoria University (VU) works across every area of new digital economy. The digital economy will grow significantly over the coming decades, and VU will be at the forefront of understanding the legal and business developments across all sectors.
The Group aims to provide significant economic, social and environmental benefits and is a partnership between VU’s:
We work with industry and government across a number of different themes, including, but not limited to:
VU's research in these areas will inform government, regulators and the wider business and legal communities of the benefits and challenges across all parts of the digital economy.
Victoria University is partnering Novatti to better understand the regulatory issues for stablecoins. Our work in this area includes:
Read the full stablecoins project summary.
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), digital transformation has already helped to:
Both trade and investment are important to VU, and these have close synergies to environmental and social outcomes for Victoria and Australia. Our leading research, aims to place VU in a leadership role for Victoria and Australia, in this new economy.
Digital trade has made it easy to engage in international trade, increasing the scale, scope and speed of trade.
Companies large and small can sell products and services to customers across the globe. Digital tools can also provide solutions and opportunities for:
However, new business models have created complex international trade transactions and policy issues.
The financial sector (PDF, 222 KB) is also changing with digitisation. For example:
