Immaculate has a multi-disciplinary background including International Relations (specialising in Political Economy), Public Policy (specialising in Economics) and Law (specialising in regulation and financial regulation) and has lived, worked and studied across multiple continents in countries including South Africa, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Immaculate uses this combination of multi-disciplinarity and internationalism to provide a macro/international perspective to her research, seeing and citing the implications and significance of niche emerging technology research areas on the global legal, economic and societal environment.
With a keen interest in code-based innovations and data-driven technology, Immaculate’s research in Blockchain started with a focus on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies/cryptoassets and expanded to the examination of Blockchain applications beyond financial services and to the consideration of Blockchain as part of combinatorial systems including AI and machine learning/AR and VR/Robotics and Internet of Things in the enhancement of operations and service delivery particularly within the national and international Public Sector context.