Nguyen Ha Phuong is PhD candidate/Doctoral researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her research and scholarship have prominently focused on youths and children, innovation and social transformation of Vietnam.

She is currently looking at the innovation of the digital sharing economy and digital platforms in the Fourth Industrial Revolution movement in Vietnam, especially at the sharing of space in co-living, coworking and home-sharing trends in the new economy.