Dr. Diamond-Hunter’s research focuses how uses of socially-salient and socially important concepts (like race and gender) in empirical research have had downstream effects upon biomedicine, biology, the social sciences (writ large), and public policy. This includes direct concerns regarding the ethical and epistemological issues for deploying instruments that embed these concepts – including biomedical, public health and population-level interventions.

Dr. Diamond-Hunter also believes that there are important underlying ethical and social considerations that need to be examined regarding the use of race and gender in social-scientific instruments. No matter the research project or methodology (quantitative, qualitative, case-study, or mixed methods), there are numerous pitfalls that can hinder the translatability and overall quality of the project – one of the ways that Dr. Diamond-Hunter’s research has practical import. Dr. Diamond-Hunter is interested in building a better theoretical framework for the use of these concepts in empirical practice in ways that increase projectability and historical compatibility to other projects.

Dr. Diamond-Hunter is currently working on manuscripts that help to unearth the aforementioned concerns for practitioners in a way that helps with accuracy and measurement, whilst respecting the logistical concerns that practitioners may face. We need a new paradigm in order to deal with how the concepts of race and gender will be utilised in future research.

Proir to their position at Cambridge, Dr. Diamond-Hunter was a Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method. Dr. Diamond-Hunter is also an Associate of the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health at Durham University and a Research Associate of The University of Johannesburg.