My master’s thesis was completed at the International Hellenic University (remotely) in collaboration with Plumia and SafetyWing from November 2022 to April 2023. SafetyWing is an insurance-tech startup building a global social safety net through products like their “Nomad Insurance” and “Remote Health” that offer travel medical and health insurance solutions to remote businesses and individuals. Plumia is an umbrella brand of SafetyWing created to increase global mobility rights with the moonshot mission to build an internet country for digital nomads.

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This paper begins with an introductory outline of the digital nomad and internet country phenomena, building towards a user research study on digital nomads (Plumia’s target users) that was conducted to gain an understanding of what digital nomads want in global mobility rights and a country on the internet. The results of this study are then summarised and analysed to offer Plumia insight into the needs of today’s digital nomads.

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The completion of this project transcended borders on theme with nomadism, location independence and remote work. It is a testament to the times we live in that a Canadian can complete a thesis in Greece at an international school in partnership with a global company based out of the United States.