Prof Edwina Pio ONZM
Research Fellow
Professor Edwina Pio is a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. Recipient of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) from King Charles III, Te Rangi Hiroa Royal Society medal, and Duke of Edinburgh Fellowship, Fulbright alumna, Edwina is New Zealand’s first Professor of Diversity.
Appointed to the Ministerial Advisory Group pertaining to the Royal society recommendations on the Christchurch Mosque shootings, she chaired the Academic Advisory Board of Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College of New Zealand. She has judged the New Zealand Diversity Awards and was involved in the selection process for the Rutherford Discovery Fellowships. She has numerous publications and several books to her credit, is widely quoted in the media and is internationally recognised for her keynotes on myriad aspects of diversity. A recent publication focuses on Religious-Spiritual Diversity in Organisations (Edward Elgar, 2024).
A woman of peace and prayer, a scholar of colour, and a passionately engaged educator, Emeritus Professor Edwina Pio brings grace, gratitude, elegance, courage and thoughtfulness to her various commitments. She is adept at governance, organisational development and stakeholder engagement with faith communities. She currently chairs the Ethics Committee at the University of Auckland, is a member of the Ethnic Communities Development Fund and was co-chair of the Seniors Demographic Advisory Panel, Auckland Council, New Zealand. She has been invited to universities in Iceland, Belgium, Finland, Austria, Netherlands, UK, USA and Australia to share her expertise on diversity.
More information can be found on her personal website: www.edwinapio.com