Katie Lee Riddle (Rongowhakaata) is a Māori researcher and academic from Aotearoa
New Zealand, specializing in Indigenous data sovereignty, benefit sharing, and Māori rights and
interests in genetic research, focusing on protecting Indigenous peoples’ rights in the digital age.
She also works with the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity as a Negotiator in recent
developments for digital sequence information and works closely with the Local Contexts team
on provenance metadata.
Areas of Expertise: Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Genetic Research Ethics, Digital Sequence
Information, Benefit Sharing, Māori Rights in Biodiversity Governance