Niki Davis

Niki Davis
Occupation(s)Academic and researcher
Known forInforming how teaching, leadership and research can effectively manage e-learning.
Academic background
Education
  • Bachelor of Science Honours (University of Edinburgh).
  • Certificate for Vocational Preparation Tutors (Royal Academy Schools - Royal Academy of Arts).
  • 1996: Doctor of Philosophy (Queen's University Belfast).
Academic work
DisciplineEducational research
Notable ideasEducational systems being prepared for a digital learning world

Niki Davis is an educator and researcher based in Aotearoa New Zealand whose work has focused on equipping teachers to effectively deliver information and communication technologies in a global education context. Her research has explored how teaching, learning and assessment can be inclusive and ethically managed in non-traditional spaces involving E-learning while acknowledging the role of the knowledge of indigenous peoples in assisting to build critically reflective research communities. She worked in universities in the United Kingdom and the United States before becoming a Distinguished Professor at the University of Canterbury in 2008, retiring and becoming Professor Emeritus in 2020. Davis has been involved in a range of initiatives and organisations that promote knowledge of digital technologies in education and is widely published in this field.