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Email: violeta.morari at mtu.ie

Dr Violeta Morari received her BSc (First Class Honours) in Mathematics from the State University of Moldova, followed by an MSc and a PhD in Mathematics from University College Cork.

Dr Morari has extensive teaching experience across a wide range of engineering disciplines, including Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic, Biomedical, and Chemical Engineering, as well as in mathematics support (ALC) and Professional Teaching Diploma at Munster Technological University (MTU).

Dr Morari is currently a member of MTU Academic Council and serves as Chair of the MTU Regulations Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee.

Dr Morari has a keen interest in Academic Integrity. She is an Academic Integrity Advisor (AIA) for the Faculty of Science and Informatics and a member of the University’s Academic Misconduct Board (UAMB). She chaired the Academic Integrity Working group, which was tasked with developing the MTU inaugural Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure (2025).

Dr Morari is one of MTU’s representatives on the National Academic Integrity Network (NAIN) Steering Committee and Chair of NAIN Working Group 5.  She is also a member of the European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI) and has led the development of institutional initiatives in this area.

Dr Morari has led several nationally funded teaching and learning projects, including the SATLE calls funded by the National Forum, such as SPIRIT Maths initiatives and recent work on ethical engagement with Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Higher Education. Her work focuses on enhancing student learning, promoting academic integrity, and developing innovative, student-centred approaches to mathematical education and assessment.

An active researcher and educator, Dr Morari has published widely and regularly presents at international conferences.

Dr Morari is also a reviewer for several journals, including the International Journal for Educational Integrity and All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AISHE-J).

In 2024, she was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) by Advance HE.

Education

• Ph.D University College Cork 1997-2002
• M.Sc  University College Cork 1996- 1997
• B.Sc State University of Moldova 1992-1996

Current and Recent Teaching 

• Mechanical Engineering Level 7 (MATH6014, MATH6015)
• Mechanical Engineering Level 8 (MATH6005, MATH6006)
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Level 8  (MATH7013, MATH7022, MATH7031)
• Biomedical Engineering Level 8 (MATH6005, MATH6006)
• Chemical and Process Engineering Level 8 (MATH6005, MATH6006)
• Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teachers (MATH6005, MATH6006)
• NMCI
• Academic Learning Centre (ALC)

Recent Publications

• Reimagining the First-Year Experience in MTU: Scaffolding Academic Integrity in a GenAI World.  Violeta Morari. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice (JPAAP). Accepted February 2026 
• Where to from here? On the borders of academic integrity, academic misconduct, and assessment security after GenAI. Marian Hurley, Deirdre Casey, Violeta Morari, Diarmuid Grimes. Studies in Higher Education, January 2026 
• Academic Integrity and Generative Artificial Intelligence - Views and Perceptions of Students in an Irish University. Violeta Morari, Diarmuid Grimes, David Hawe. Journal of Academic Ethics, October 2025
• Academic Integrity differences across faculties: a student survey Diarmuid Grimes, Marian Hurley, Violeta Morari, Jim O Mahony. HEA’d proceedings, 2024
• Exploring the use and impact of online digital resources in a mathematics module. Violeta Morari, Catherine Palmer, Clodagh Carroll, Declan Manning, Shane O Rourke European Journal of Science and Maths Education, 2024

• Reach: A Mentoring Initiative in an Irish University. Violeta Morari, Geralding Doyle, Catherine Murphy, All Ireland Journal  for Higher Education (AISHE-J, March 2024)

• SPIRIT Maths: Giving students what they want.

  Violeta Morari, Shane O Rourke, Irish Math. Soc. Bulletin, Issue 90, 17-23 (2022)       

• Digital Resources for Targeted Mathematics Support

  Catherine Palmer, Shane O'Rourke, Clodagh Carroll, Declan Manning, Patricia Cogan, Violeta Morari , MSOR Connections, Vol 20, No2 (2022).  

• Non-mathematics undergraduates’ perceptions of mathematics and preferences for supporting digital learning resources in a technological university

  Maryna Lishchynska, Declan O'Connor, Seán Lacey, Violeta Morari, MSOR Connections, Vol 20, No2 (2022).

• The Transposition Project: Origins, Context and Early Findings

  Maryna Lishchynska, Catherine Palmer, Julie Crowley, Katie Bullen, Clodagh Carroll, Patricia Cogan, David Goulding, Mark Hartnett, J.P. McCarthy, Violeta Morari, Marie Nicholson, Grainne Read, MSOR Connections, Vol 17, No 2 (2019).

MTU Membership

• MTU Academic Council, Regulations, QA and E Committee (Chair, 2025-present)
• AI Policy Development Group (2025-Present)
• MTU Academic Council (2024-Present)
• UAMB Board (2025-Present)
• MAXe Governance Group (2019-present)
• Assessment Appeals Board (2024-Present)
• Academic Integrity Working Group (Chair, 2022-2024)

CIT Membership

• Assessment Infringement Board (2019-2025)
• Working Group on Anti-Plagiarism Software (2020-2022)
• Athena Swan Organisation and Culture Subgroup (2019-2021)
• Assessment Infringement Board (2019-2025)
• TUI Branch Treasurer (2019-present)
• MAXe Working Group (2017-2018) 
• Academic Council (2004-2007)

National and International Membership

• NAIN Working Group Chair (2025-Present)
• N-TUTORR WIROO Implementation Group (2024-Present)
• NAIN Steering Committee Member (2022-Present)
• MTU representative on NAIN (National Academic Integrity Network)
• ENAI (European Nethwork of Academic Integrity)
• ALM (Adults Learning Mathematics)
• TUI Equality Council (2018-2019)

NATIONAL FORUM (SATLE), N-TUTORR and TLU Projects

• MTU Ethical Learning with GenAI (PI, SATLE 2024)
• Academic Integrity – Supporting Staff Student Courageous Conversations in MTU (PI, SATLE 2023)
• SPIRIT Maths ExTrA (PI, SATLE 2021)
• SPIRIT Maths (PI, SATLE 2019)
• MicDrop@CIT (PI, TLU)
• Lee Fields 
• Stay on top of your Maths
• QUARTILES
• NUMBAS

Recent Conference Presentations:

• ECEIA 25 (European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia), Uppsala, Sweden, June 2025
• EFYE 25 (European First Year Experience), Leuven, Belgium, May 2025
• FAITH 24, Canakkale,Turkey, August 2024 
• HEA’d 24, Valencia, Spain, June 2024 
• Academic Integrity Caribbean Conference. “Academic Integrity Practices at MTU”  May 2024.
• QQI: Rethinking assessment: Inclusive Assessment and standards in a dynamic and changing world, Dublin, April 2024
• The Academic and Research Integrity Conference, Galway, October 2023 (Academic Integrity Poster Presentation).
• The European Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 2023, Derby, UK, July 2023
• QQI 10th Anniversary Conference, Dublin, October 2022 (Academic Integrity Poster Presentation)

• Adults Learning Mathematics 29 (ALM 29) – Numeracy and Social Impact. Barcelona, Spain, 10-13 July, 2022

• The European Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 2022. Porto, Portugal, 4-6 May, 2022
• E-Assessment in Mathematical Sciences (EAMS) 2022: SPIRIT Maths ExTrA – the story continues…, 13-24 June 2022
• SPIRIT Maths – Project Overview, DCU, October 2021
• Irish Mathematical Society( IMS) 2021: SPIRIT Maths – from student perceptions to targeted resources, MTU, 2-3 September 2021
• Sigma Mathematics and Statistic Support CETL – MSOR: Targeted digital resources to support students. September 2021, Coventry University, UK
• E-Assessment in Mathematical Sciences (EAMS) 2021: SPIRIT Maths Resources Overview, July 2021
• Adults Learning Mathematics 26 (ALM 26) – Math in a Digital Age. Lund, Sweden, 7-10 July, 2019
• CETL-MSOR -  Bringing together mathematics communities. Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, 5-6 September, 2019
• MatRIC 2017, Oslo, 9-10 October, 2017