AIAS FORMER FELLOW
Current position: Science Technology and Gender Studies, Professor, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
During her Science Diplomacy Fellowship, Maria Rentetzi will be working on the project 'Tracking Diamonds: How AI and Science Diplomacy Save Colonialism'
Looking at diamonds most of western consumers think of precious commodities, engagement rings and probably of ethical sourcing. There is hardly ever a thought of diamonds' strategic significance in geopolitics and international affairs. Tracking Diamonds aims to undermine the understanding of science diplomacy as merely a tool for building bridges among nations. Instead, focusing on the case of emerging AI technologies to track rough diamonds, it argues that science and technology-based diplomacy runs the risk of supporting colonialism while aiming to ensure an ethically sound diamond trade.
Project title: Tracking Diamonds: How AI and Science Diplomacy Save Colonialism
Area of research: History of Science and Technology
Fellowship period: 1 Sep 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
Fellowship type: AIAS-SD Fellow
This fellowship has received funding from The Aarhus University Research Foundation (AUFF)
