Carla Anne Houkamau is a New Zealand social psychologist and a full professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in Māori identity and cultural relations.
[3] Houkamau completed postdoctoral research and then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, before moving to a lectureship at the Eastern Institute of Technology in 2007.
[3] Houkamau was Director of the Dame Mira Szászy Research Centre for Māori and Pacific Economic Development, and has held Associate Dean Māori and Academic Director positions within the Auckland business school, and as of 2024 is the Deputy Dean of the school.
[1][6] Houkamau also won the Auckland University Business School Research Excellence Award in 2021.
[3] Houkamau is an academic advisor for a Department of Corrections project on incorporating social science evidence into justice policy and process.