Why become a member
Cividens is a membership cooperative dedicated to researcher and scholar identity verification, worldwide. Membership is open to anyone engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge — investigators, scholars, students, administrators, and research staff across academia, industry, and independent roles.
What membership gives you
- Verify your identity once and re-use it everywhere — without releasing personal data
- A vote: members participate in cooperative governance and elect the board
- Patronage distributions — annual credit points applied to membership fees
- Control over what you share, with a full history of every verification request
What it takes
Creating an account is free: you need internet access, a personal email, an ORCID iD, and a device with SMS or an authenticator app. Full membership additionally requires a government-issued ID (190+ countries supported), a webcam for personhood verification, and an annual membership fee of US$20.
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