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Recipient of an ONZM, Te Rangi Hiroa Royal Society medal, and Duke of Edinburgh Fellowship, Fulbright alumna, Edwina is New Zealand’s first Professor of Diversity. She was University Director of Diversity, and an elected Councillor on the governing body of the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, where she worked for more than two decades. Her appointment as Professor Emeritus of Diversity is testament to her distinguished commitment to research, writing and engagement in diversity.
Appointed to the Ministerial Advisory Group pertaining to the Royal society recommendations on the Christchurch Mosque shootings in New Zealand, 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 is a Visiting Professor (2024-2025) at the Turku Institute of Advanced Studies, Finland. 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 Ageing Asians in Auckland.
A woman of peace and prayer, a scholar of colour, and a passionately engaged educator, she brings grace, gratitude, elegance, courage and thoughtfulness to her various commitments. She is adept at governance, organisational development and stakeholder engagement.
Edwina currently chairs the ethics committee at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, is co-chair of the Seniors Demographic Advisory Panel, Auckland Council, and is a member of the Ethnic Communities Development Fund. In 2023 she was invited to universities in Iceland, Belgium, Finland, Austria, Netherlands and Australia to share her expertise on diversity. She is available for strategic advising, crafting policy, implementing programs, teaching, research, editing, thesis examination and speaking engagements in the broad DEI domain which includes ethnicity, refugee, immigration, religion-spirituality, pedagogy, ageing and management domains.
She wakes up to the wonder of each day with an awareness of infinite possibility. In bearing witness to difference and walking the margins, she provides wider legitimacy for diversity, creating pivot points and safe passage to walk through awkward diversity terrain. With dignity and respect, she has unsettled disciplinary boundaries, to rupture glass, concrete, and bamboo ceilings, providing inspiration, and contributing to the national and international discourse on intersectional diversity in a multicultural world. She has recently returned from Europe, where she was invited to five universities in Iceland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Finland, to share her knowledge, expertise and experience in the area of diversity, indigenous issues, ethnic entrepreneurship and religion.
She is available for strategic advising, crafting policy, implementing programs, teaching, research, editing, thesis examination and speaking engagements in the diversity, inclusion, ethnicity - refugee- immigration, religion-spirituality, pedagogy and management domains.
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Pio, E. (2024). Belonging as an ageing Asian in Auckland. Auckland, New Zealand. The Selwyn Foundation. https://www.selwynfoundation.org.nz/careers/about-us/news/belonging-as-an-ageing-asian-new-research-by-emeritus-professor-of-diversity-edwina-pio-onzm/
Pio, E., Kilpatrick, R., & Lineham, P. (2024). Religious-Spiritual Diversity in Organisations. UK: Edward Elgar.
Pio, E. & Cryle, D. (2024). Clear Sky: A Petri Dish for Heart-Based Organizational Practices. In R. Rocha, P. Pinheiro, M d’Agnelo & C. Bratianu (Eds). Spirituality and Knowledge Dynamics: New Perspectives for Knowledge Management and Knowledge Strategies. (pp 99-121). Berlin: DeGruyter
2023
Pio, E., & Ewazi, S. (2023). The Tampa, Afghan Refugees and New Zealand: A Commentary on the Duty to Protect and Refugee Integration. Journal on Migration and Human Security, 11 (1), 149-154.
Pio, E. (2023). Aotearoa & Bharat: Interactions with Māori, Ministry for Ethnic Communities, New Zealand. https://www.ethniccommunities.govt.nz/assets/News/MEC_2022_Aotearoa-Bharat-Maori-Indian_DIGICUT.pdf
2022
Pio, E. Vyakarnam, S., Barakat, S. & McCammon, M. (2022). Exotic Meets Suave: The Micro Dynamics of Homophily in the Cambridge Cluster. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-02-2022-0021
Griffiths, C., Pio, E., & McGhee, P. (2022). Tempered Radicals in Manufacturing: Invisible Champions of Inclusion. Journal of Management and Organisation First View, pp. 1 - 22 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2022.59
Pio, E. (2022). The paradox of whiteness: tempering white privilege? SietarEspana, IACCM – international association of cross-cultural competence and management https://sietar.es/wp-content/uploads/202108-Knowledge-Bite-Edwina-Pio-1.pdf
Pio, E., & Merelo, G. (2022). Gender & Diversity: Intersections of Faith, Religion, and Spirituality. (pp. 155-167). In Y. Altman, J. Neal, & W. Mayrhofer (Eds). Workplace Spirituality: Making a Difference. Vienna, Austria: De Gruyter.
2021
Pio, E., and Moore, V. (2021). Power and secrecy: Battered South-Asian Diasporic women in employment, Gender, Work & Organisation 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12780
Pio, E., & Moon, P. (2021). Third worlds, Coolie and Coolitude: Unravelling the long arm of history. Te Kaharoa, 17(1) 1-40. https://doi.org/10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.369
Pio, E., Kristjansdottir, E., & Christiansen, T. (2021). Glass Hearts?! Successful Visible Ethnic Minority Women Migrants at Work in Iceland and New Zealand. Journal of Management & Organisation https://www.doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2021.30
Pio, E., Smollan, R., Ali, F., & Syed, J. (2021). Senior executives integrating refugees and migrants at work: A New Zealand qualitative study. New Zealand Journal of Human Resource Management, 21(2), 32-47.
Pio, E. (2021). Footfalls and heart-prints for indigenous inclusion Organisation 28 (6), 879-902. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508421995750
Pio, E. & Waddock, S. (2021). Invoking Indigenous Wisdom for Management Learning. Management Learning 52(3), 328-346. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507620963956
Essers, C., Pio, E., Verduyn, K., & Bensliman, N. (2021). Achieving belonging as a female, Muslim Moroccan entrepreneur. Journal of Small Business Management, 59(6), 1250-1278 https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2020.1769989
Pio, E. (2021). Diffusing Destructive Devotions: Deploying Counter Terrorism. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet - New Zealand’s Hui on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism. https://dpmc.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2021-10/Panel%202%20-%20Prof%20Edwina%20Pio.pdf
Pio, E., Kilpatrick, R. & Pratt, T. (Eds.). (2021). Reimagining Faith and Management: Implications for the workplace. UK: Routledge.
2020
Pio, E., & Syed, J. (2020). Stelae from ancient India: Pondering anew through historical empathy for diversity. Management Learning, 51(1), 109-129.
Pio, E., Spiller, S., Smith, V., & Sheehan, M. (2020). Unleashing energy in organisations through haka and waiata. New Zealand Journal of Human Resource Management. 20 (1), 22-38.
Pio, E. (2020) “Gender and Indigenous Education and Practice.” In Cris Mayo (Ed.), Oxford Encyclopaedia of Gender and Sexuality in Education. New York: Oxford University Press. https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-1326
Jayawardena-Willis, T., Pio, E., & McGhee, P. (2020). Why manage with insight? A Buddhist view that goes beyond mindfulness (pp. 280-292). In S. Dhiman (Ed). Routledge Companion to Mindfulness at Work. New York, NY: Routledge.
2019
Pratt, T., Smollan, R., & Pio, E. (2019). Transitional leadership to resolve conflict, facilitate change and restore wellbeing. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. 27 (4), 1053-1072.
Pio, E. & McGhee, P. (2019). Spirituality and religion at work: Christian traditions in action. In J. Marques (Ed.). Routledge Companion to management and workplace spirituality (pp. 88-100). New York: Routledge.
Pio, E. (2019). Transnational feminist perspectives on women’s education, work and leadership. (pp. 141-164). In L. Collins, Machizawa, S., & J. Rice (Eds.). Towards a Transnational Feminist Psychology of Women. American Psychological Association.
2018
Pio, E. & Syed, J. (2018). To include or not to include? A poetics perspective on the Muslim workforce in the West. Human Relations, 71 (8), 1072-1095
Pio, E. & Graham, M. (2018) Transitioning to higher education: journeying with Indigenous Māori teen mothers, Gender and Education, 30:7, 846-865.
Pio, E., & Singham, M. (2018). Inclusive Workspaces: Diversity and Public Policy, The Policy Observatory, Auckland University of Technology, https://thepolicyobservatory.aut.ac.nz/publications/inclusive-workspaces-diversity-and-public-policy
Pio, E. Kilpatrick, R., and Pratt, T. (2018). Religion and callings: the divine in careers. In S. Fielden and Broadridge, A. (Eds). Research Handbook of Diversity and Careers. (pp 391-404) Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
Pio, E. and Pratt, T. (2018). Religion, work and the Asia-Pacific rim. In J. Syed, C. Hartel, Klarsfield, and F. Ngunjiri. (Eds.) Religious Diversity in the Workplace: Conflict, Harmony and Performance. (pp. 354-385). Cambridge University Press.
Pio, E. (2018). Buddhist Brahmaviharas and Religious Diversity at work. In J. Syed, C. Hartel, Klarsfield, and F. Ngunjiri. (Eds.) Religious Diversity in the Workplace: Conflict, Harmony and Performance. (pp. 198-220). Cambridge University Press.
2017
Pio, E., & Singh, S. (2017). Untangling paradoxes in wellbeing work with women victims of violence: A developing world perspective. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 42 (3), 75-88.
Smollan, R. K., & Pio, E. (2017). Organisational change, identity and coping with stress. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 43(1), 56-82.
Nicholson, A., Spiller, C., & Pio, E. (2017). Ambicultural Governance: Harmonizing Indigenous and Western Approaches. Journal of Management Inquiry, 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492617707052
Pio, E., Kilpatrick, R., & LeFevre, M. (2017) Navratna – the nine gems: Illuminating enablers, barriers and vignettes of South Asian women leaders. South Asian Journal of Business Studies, 6 (3), 1-17. DOI 10.1.1108/SAJBS-05-2016-0045