  We review recent discussions concerning the definition of a quantum field
theory in a curved and noncommutative space, the Snyder--de Sitter space. For a
quartic self-interacting scalar field in a spacetime of arbitrary dimension, we
show how to perturbatively define the classical action in the small-deformation
regime and give its explicit first-order expression. Afterwards, we compute the
divergences of the one-loop effective action for the two- and four-dimensional
cases. These are employed to calculate the beta functions of the couplings and
to numerically analyze the corresponding renormalization group flow. Depending
on the initial conditions of the couplings, in four dimensions it is possible
to obtain an asymptotic-free theory or a flip in the sign of the cosmological
constant as a consequence of the running.
