Upcoming Visiting Scholars

Professor Tahu Kukutai FRSNZ

February

Ngā Pae o te Maramatanga Co-Director Tahu Kukutai is Professor of Demography at Te Ngira: Institute for Population Research, The University of Waikato where she specialises in Maori and Indigenous demography and data sovereignty.

Tahu is a founding member of the Maori 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.

Interested in being a visiting scholar?

We welcome opportunities to host global Indigenous scholars onto Wallumattagal Campus Macquarie University. We also encourage our CGIF network to look for opportunities to welcome and host scholars at their institutions. For expressions of interest please fill out the form below.

Past visiting scholars