Self-sovereign identity is the next evolution of management models. This survey takes a journey through origin identity, defining digital and progressive iterations models leading up to self-sovereign identity. It then states relevant research initiatives, platforms, projects, regulatory frameworks, as well building blocks including decentralized identifiers, verifiable credentials, distributed...

Drawing on ideas from identity control theory and coping theory and on a diverse range of social psychology literature, we propose an integrative theoretical framework that unpacks and traces the processes by which information technology comes to affect users’ identity. We define four types of strategies (acting on the situation, adjusting the self, catharsis and distancing) through which peopl...