Kāhu IRAB (International Research Advisory Board)
In the Māori world, the Kāhu (hawk) symbolises vision, foresight and guardianship. In this spirit, KĀHU plays a vital role in guiding NPM as we look beyond the horizon to ensure that our research remains globally relevant, future-focused and transformative.
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Dr Andrea Reid
University of British Columbia
Dr. Andrea Reid is a citizen of the Nisga’a Nation and an Associate Professor with the University of British Columbia’s…
Dr Andrea Reid
Dr. Andrea Reid is a citizen of the Nisga’a Nation and an Associate Professor with the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. She has launched and is leading the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, working to build an inclusive hub for the study and protection of culturally significant fish and fisheries. Her research program adopts highly interdisciplinary and applied approaches to improving our understanding of the complex interrelationships between fish, people and place. Reid’s PhD in Biology (Governor General’s Gold Medal; Carleton University, 2020) centred on multiple stressor effects on Pacific salmon, using tools and insights from Indigenous and Western sciences in tandem. Reid is a cofounder of Riparia, a Canadian charity that connects diverse young women with science on the water to grow the next generation of water protectors. She is also a National Geographic Explorer and a Fellow of The Explorers Club.
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Dr Coen Hird
University of Queensland
Coen is an environmental scientist and ARC DAATSIA Fellow in the School of the Environment at The University of…
Dr Coen Hird
Coen is an environmental scientist and ARC DAATSIA Fellow in the School of the Environment at The University of Queensland. His research reaches across Indigenous studies, environmental sciences, animal ecology and science and technology studies in asking how research can better respond to Country.
Coen's work spans several connected areas: native stingless bee science; herpetofauna and environmental physiology; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; and the ethics and epistemology of environmental research. His current projects are focused on how culturally significant organisms are studied, monitored and cared for.
Coen is a trawlwoolway pakana related to northeast lutruwita (Hearps, Briggs family) and is accountable to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. Coen grew up as a visitor to many lands in so-called Australia and currently is living on Yuggera land at Tulmur.
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Dr Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri
University of the Arctic
Jeg er Fimben-Áillu-Ántte Susanna ja Gáren-Niillas-Máhte-Ristena Susanna, men døpt som Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter…
Dr Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri
Jeg er Fimben-Áillu-Ántte Susanna ja Gáren-Niillas-Máhte-Ristena Susanna, men døpt som Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri. Som forsker ved Senter for samisk helseforskning har jeg ansvar for biobank delen til SAMINOR undersøkelsen hvor alle blodprøvene er lagret. Jeg har tatt doktorgrad i emne epidemiologi og temaet for doktorgraden (2021) var risikofaktorer og risikoen for hjerte- og karsykdommer hos samer og ikke-samer. Siden 2021 har jeg engasjert meg i spørsmål om urfolks rett til selvbestemmelse over egne forskningsdata og har sammen med førsteamanuesis Per Axelsson ved Umeå Universitet ledet GIDA-Sápmi nettverket som er et nordisk samisk nettverk. GIDA-Sápmi nettverket ledes av oss sammen med forsker I, Rauna Kuokkanen fra Lapland Universiet i Finland.
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Professor Elisa Loncon
Universidad de Santiago
Elisa Loncón currently works at the Departamento de Educación, University of Santiago, Chile. Elisa does research in…
Professor Elisa Loncon
Elisa Loncón currently works at the Departamento de Educación, University of Santiago, Chile. Elisa does research in Syntax, Sociolinguistics and Morphology. Their most recent publication is 'Educación mapuche y Educación Escolar En la araucanía: ¿doble racionalidad Educativa?'. and, El poder Creativo del mapuzugun y la formación de neologismos
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Professor Awi Mona
Seediq Nation, Indigenous Taiwanese
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Dr. Awi Mona (Chih-Wei Tsai) is the first indigenous person in the country obtained a Doctorate degree in Law. His…
Professor Awi Mona
Dr. Awi Mona (Chih-Wei Tsai) is the first indigenous person in the country obtained a Doctorate degree in Law. His research is primarily in the areas of Indigenous law, Aboriginal Title law, cultural and education law. Over the past decade since his return from Seattle, he has continuously worked extensive collaborative on indigenous rights movements with local communities in Taiwan, as well as providing legal and policy advice on a wide variety of Indigenous law and related issues. Awi is a member of the Seediq Nation
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Professor Melinda Webber
Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Hine, Te Paatu / Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Whakaue
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Co-Director Melinda Webber is Professor of Education at Te Pūtahi Mātauranga | The Faculty of…
Professor Melinda Webber
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Co-Director Melinda Webber is Professor of Education at Te Pūtahi Mātauranga | The Faculty of Arts and Education, Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. Melinda specialises in Māori Education and Social Psychology and is the Aotearoa New Zealand co-director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity programme based at The University of Melbourne. She wrote Walking the space between: Identity and Māori/Pakeha (NZCER Press, 2008), co-wrote A fire in the belly of Hineāmaru A collection of narratives about Te Tai Tokerau tupuna & Ka ngangana tonu a Hineāmaru - He kōrero tuku iho nō Te Tai Tokerau (Auckland University Press, 2022), and co-edited Sociocultural realities: Exploring new horizons (Canterbury University Press, 2015) and Mana Tangatarua: Mixed heritages and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand (Routledge, 2017).
Melinda has led research with and for her iwi, hapū, and numerous educational organisations utilising a diverse range of research methods. She is committed to the revitalisation of mātauranga tuku iho and kaupapa-ā-iwi research approaches. Melinda is a daughter of Te Tai Tokerau (Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Hine, Te Paatu / Ngāti Kahu) and Rotorua (Ngāti Whakaue) and lives in Tāmaki Makaurau with her partner and daughters.
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Professor Tahu Kukutai FRSNZ
Ngāti Tiipā, Ngāti Kinohaku, Te Aupouri, Ngāti Māhanga
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Co-Director Tahu Kukutai is Professor of Demography at Te Ngira: Institute for Population…
Professor Tahu Kukutai FRSNZ
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Co-Director Tahu Kukutai is Professor of Demography at Te Ngira: Institute for Population Research, The University of Waikato where she specialises in Māori and Indigenous demography and data sovereignty. Tahu is a founding member of the Māori Data Sovereignty Network Te Mana Raraunga and the Global Indigenous Data Alliance. She co-edited Indigenous data sovereignty: Toward an agenda (ANU Press, 2016), Indigenous data sovereignty and policy (Routledge, 2020) and The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Sociology (Oxford) .
Tahu has undertaken research with and for numerous iwi, hapū, and central government agencies, and provided strategic advice across a range of sectors. She is a technician for the National Iwi Chairs Forum Data Iwi Leaders Group and serves on the Board of Pūhoro STEMM Academy. Tahu has degrees in history, demography and sociology from The University of Waikato and Stanford University. She lives in Waikato with her husband, three tamariki and three cats.