Horizon 2020 Research Fellow (European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) at the Department of Politics and Governance and a Research Fellow at GNOSIS | Mediterranean Institute for Management Science, University of Nicosia (Cyprus).

Maria’s background lies in the Social Sciences and Humanities and she holds a PhD in Modern History from the University of Bristol (UK). Maria works interdisciplinarily, and she is currently interested in the intersection of Social and Sciences and Humanities and Artificial Intelligence. Maria is involved in project management, editorial work and academic publications.

Keywords: cultural diplomacy/branding, colonialism/decolonisation, innovation