
About
Frédérik Sinan Bernard is the project manager of the MSCA DIGITAL project.
He is a researcher with a transdisciplinary profile (Law, International Relations, Business and Strategy) who finished his PhD in 2022 at the Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques (CEDS) in Paris, exploring the intersection of crypto-economics and national economic intelligence systems. He now pursues the academic career he started in 2012 in Cyprus International University as a lecturer.
He developed the MPA program "Geopolitics of Crypto-Economics" at CEDS, first of its kind. He also acquired various experiences in the private sector. He is involved in non-profits (core member of Paris Blockchain Society, fellow for Turkey of Blockchain for Good, mentor in Baslangic Noktasi).
Key Achievements and Outputs
- He was invited as a visiting postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University's Future of Fintech Initiative
- He has been awarded with a postdoctoctoral position of the MSCA DIGITAL project and subsequently asked to also take on the role of its project and research manager.
Research Interests

Current research interests include, but are not limited to:
- Blockchain governance and CBDCs ;
- (X)AI-Blockchain convergence;
- Economic Intelligence;
- Financial consequences of climate risks;
- Economic Security and Competitivity dilemmas.