The University of Waikato

Discover why indigenous worldviews in psychology matters #PsychologyWeek #ForThePeople #KoTeTangata

How can psychology research better reflect Indigenous worldviews? 🌿 We spoke with Dr Ririwai Fox about how psychology research can better reflect Indigenous worldviews and why embedding Māori values, beliefs and practices into research matters. Ririwai (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāti Porou) is a Kaupapa Māori researcher whose work centres on Māori cultural identity and the adaptive benefits of cultural embeddedness. His research explores how Māori worldviews can be integrated into quantitative psychology methods. He is passionate about decolonising and indigenising academia, while supporting tauira Māori to thrive and succeed in education.