Dr. Lorna Waddington is the University Academic Integrity Lead at the University of Leeds, a role she has held since 2022, having previously served as Faculty Academic Integrity Lead from 2018. She is also Associate Professor in International History. Her work focuses on academic integrity, assessment, and policy, particularly in the context of GenAI and its implications for higher education.

She has been the University of Leeds institutional representative to ENAI since 2018 and contributes to several working groups, including Academic Integrity Policies (where she serves as Deputy Head), Technology & Academic Integrity, and Integrity for All. She has supported two recent grant applications, including the Erasmus+ AI4Integrity bid and the EU-UK Partnership for Democratic Resilience. Her wider publications cover contract cheating, student surveys, and collusion, and she has a forthcoming co-authored publication exploring GenAI through Western and African perspectives. She co-leads the UK’s Northern Academic Integrity Network and serves on the QAA Academic Integrity Advisory Group. She is a recipient of the ENAI Award for Academic Integrity Activism.

In three years, ENAI should be reaching further, connecting more broadly, and operating more sustainably, building on its established reputation as Europe’s leading academic integrity network. Targeted membership growth should focus on research-intensive universities currently absent from the network and national quality assurance agencies, alongside stronger ties with ENQA and EQAR.

ENAI should also formalise relationships with regional research integrity networks such as ARIN (Africa) and APRI (Asia Pacific) to strengthen its global voice and ensure non-Western perspectives are embedded — particularly important for addressing the equity and epistemic justice dimensions of GenAI. Financial sustainability requires reducing dependence on membership fees through external funding and project income, enabling more accessible and inclusive events.

1. Equity, inclusion, and international students
Building on the Integrity for All working group: multilingual resources, culturally inclusive pedagogic guidance, and recommendations for equitable integrity policy across European HE contexts.

2. Funding, sustainability, and external partnerships
Actively pursuing EU and international funding bids. With the UK rejoining Erasmus+ from 2027, new collaborative and funding opportunities open up as a full institutional partner.

3. Advancing academic integrity in the context of AI
Developing practical guidance, case studies, and collaborative outputs that are inclusive, evidence-informed, and globally relevant — positioning ENAI as a leading source of timely, equitable guidance.

Member engagement must be clearly valuable, visible, and purposeful. Each working group should display recent activity, upcoming meetings, and outputs so members can easily see where and how to contribute. Working groups should be outcome-oriented, producing tangible outputs such as joint publications and conference panels.

ENAI should regularly refresh its working group model — merging overlapping groups, introducing time-limited task forces, and retiring inactive groups. Flexible participation models, including short-term “micro-contributions” such as reviewing drafts or contributing case studies, would enable engagement without long-term commitment. A short onboarding process and small gestures of inclusion at conferences would help build a welcoming community.

Dr. Tomáš Foltýnek is an assistant professor at the Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing at the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, and a member of the university’s Ethical Committee for Research. He is the current President of the ENAI Board (re-standing for the 2026–2029 term) and vice-chair of the Bureau of the Council of Europe’s ETINED platform. He also heads the Working Committee on Ethics in Scientific and Pedagogical Work within the Council of Higher Education Institutions in the Czech Republic.

His research focuses on plagiarism detection and prevention, academic integrity policies, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence in education. He has led several national and international projects on academic integrity and has been organising conferences on this topic since 2013. He is a certified VIRT2UE research integrity trainer.

Having been with ENAI from the very beginning, many elements of the original vision have already materialised. ENAI is a respected international organisation providing valuable resources. In three years, ENAI should have 100 member institutions, most of which actively contribute to working group activities.

Financially, the income should reflect a healthy mixture of membership fees and project funding. ENAI should retain its great staff and support part-time arrangements for those managing family responsibilities — doing more to support the work-life balance of its team.

1. Make membership benefits more tangible
University management should see the clear added value of ENAI membership — with concrete, communicable benefits that justify it.

2. Make members more active
All members should be represented in working groups. The working groups should be more active and have direct impact on member institutions.

3. Get new members
ENAI should not be perceived as a closed community. The network should actively attract institutions and people already working in the academic integrity area.

ENAI should promote itself outside the academic integrity community — at conferences and other events and more actively on LinkedIn. ENAI should also be more courageous: publicly commenting on pressing issues, scandals, and cases, and more actively supporting victims of academic misconduct.

A longer-term structural goal is to support the establishment of national academic integrity networks, so that ENAI gradually transforms into a network of national networks.

Dr. Muaawia Hamza Ahmed is the Director of the Biomedical Research Administration at King Fahad Medical City and the chair and founder of the Research and Academic Integrity (RAI) team. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry from University College Dublin, National University of Ireland (2006). He is an active member of ENAI’s Ethical Publishing and Dissemination working group and a co-founder of ACARI, co-organising its inaugural conference in Dubai in December 2023. In June 2025, ENAI recognised his contributions with the ENAI Exemplary Activism Award.

If given the honour to serve as a board member, the focus would be on using a wider network of contacts in academic and research communities to recruit more institutions and individuals from Africa and the Middle East to join ENAI. Educational activities tailored to meet the needs of new member institutions would serve two goals: encouraging further research in academic and research integrity, and potentially providing a source of income for ENAI. Liaising with institutions in the Middle East and Africa to sign memoranda of agreement for strategic partnerships would be a key contribution.

1. Grow to 100 institutional members by 2029
Establishing a board subcommittee to identify and contact institutions from different continents and invite them to join ENAI.

2. Flexible membership packages
Introducing tiered payment options — full annual payment, 15% discount for two-year commitment, or 25% discount for three-year payment — to make membership more accessible globally.

3. ENAI representation at integrity events worldwide
Sending at least one ENAI board representative to integrity activities organised by similar bodies, raising awareness of ENAI across the international community.

Proposals include organising a monthly journal club where members present articles in the area of academic integrity, fostering ongoing scholarly dialogue. Continuing the webinar series with invitations via email, WhatsApp, and ENAI social media accounts would maintain regular member contact. Creating a YouTube channel, Telegram channel, and blogs — encouraging members to deliver talks — would extend ENAI’s reach and provide platforms for diverse voices.

Dr. Artem Artyukhov is an expert in academic integrity, quality assurance, and artificial intelligence in education. He has been a leading figure in advancing academic and research integrity in Ukraine, previously heading the Subcommittee on Academic Integrity at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. He is a member of the ENAI Educational Materials working group and has coordinated large-scale initiatives including Erasmus+ projects, Jean Monnet Strand, and U.S. Embassy in Ukraine projects. His work has been recognised with the Tricia Bertram Gallant Award for Outstanding Service (ICAI) and the ENAI Exemplary Activism Award.

In three years, ENAI should be the uncontested global authority on academic integrity, built on three pillars: AI Integration & Ethical Leadership (leading the transition from detection-based models to integrity-by-design frameworks); Membership Value & Sustainability (shifting to a “must-have” institutional partner with tiered membership benefits); and Strategic Visibility (becoming a regular consultant for the European Commission and national ministries, ensuring academic integrity is embedded in HE funding and accreditation).

1. Harmonised AI literacy frameworks
An “ENAI AI-Integrity Toolkit” — a standardised, modular framework for universities — providing a clear ethical roadmap and reducing misconduct.

2. Financial diversification & resilience
A “Professional Certification Programme” for Academic Integrity Officers and corporate partnerships to create steady, non-grant-dependent income.

3. Inclusive global outreach
A “Global Mentorship Scheme” connecting established ENAI experts with emerging researchers in the Global South to increase international visibility.

Three concrete proposals: “Circles of Interest” — a flexible structure allowing members to join thematic groups based on current interests, lowering barriers to engagement; a “Member Spotlight” initiative regularly featuring members’ stories and projects in newsletters and on social media; and a “Peer-to-Peer Bridge” soft mentorship programme in which early-career researchers and students are active contributors to ENAI projects, supported by a buddy system with more experienced members.

Professor Jelena Titko is Vice-Rector for Science, Head of the Scientific Institution, Professor and Senior Researcher at EKA University of Applied Sciences, Latvia. She is Deputy Chair of the Association of Latvian Economists and a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Marketing and Management Association. She serves as an expert for the Latvian Council of Science and as an Expert for the Lithuanian Research Council. She coordinates international research groups on Sustainable Development and Circular Economy, and on Digital Economy and Digital Transformation. She is the author of more than 100 scientific papers and Editor-in-Chief of the journals Economics and Culture and Sustainability, Social Innovations and Digital Transformation.

In three years, ENAI should have: institutional members in all European countries; strategic partners for the ECEIA conference; research groups with formal leaders, action plans, and defined deliverables; a knowledge transfer and dissemination plan; and an expanded project portfolio. A gap analysis should identify unrepresented countries, with regional offices coordinated by institutional members as an additional objective. The possibility of launching a scientific journal published by ENAI deserves serious consideration. Regular training schools, such as a summer school for young researchers, would strengthen ENAI’s role in developing the next generation of integrity scholars.

1. Enlarge the membership network
Working on selection criteria for new members and supporting the creation of a prioritised outreach list, addressing inconsistent representativeness across Europe.

2. Intensify research activities
Supporting the working group in developing an Action Plan for research to raise ENAI’s profile as a knowledge-generating body.

3. Training of young researchers
Full support — from planning through to organisation — for a regular programme of training activities for the next generation of integrity professionals.

Each working group leader should have a written action plan and report annually to the Board. Strong strategic conference partners should promote ECEIA from their institutions. Each partner institution should commit to dissemination activities, formalised in a Commitment Letter, and maintain a dedicated ENAI section on their institutional webpage. ENAI should organise regular training events, such as a summer school co-organised with strategic institutional members.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mike Perkins leads institutional GenAI policy at British University Vietnam (BUV). He holds a PhD in Management from the University of York and is ranked in the top 0.4% of researchers globally by Stanford/Elsevier (2025), with over 4,000 citations. He is co-creator of the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS), translated into more than 30 languages and adopted by over 350 schools and universities worldwide (QS Reimagine Education Bronze Prize, 2025). He is Principal Investigator on a British Council-funded grant on the generative AI divide in Vietnam’s higher education sector, serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal for Educational Integrity and Artificial Intelligence in Education, and holds a Global Research Fellowship at the University of St Andrews. He is a core member of the team developing the Vancouver Statement for WCRI on AI disclosure in research contexts.

In three years, ENAI should be the world’s most trusted reference point on academic integrity in the age of AI. Three shifts would make this real: elevating ENAI’s AI-specific outputs through working groups producing concrete deliverables such as guidance documents and policy briefs; continuing to internationalise membership through tiered structures and translated resources for institutions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; and building sustainable partnerships with publishers, education ministries, and international bodies. There is also a real opportunity to connect ENAI’s work more closely with the research integrity community around AI disclosure and authorship.

1. Establishing ENAI as the global AI and integrity authority
Coordinating a deliberate international response to GenAI — ENAI-endorsed frameworks and toolkits drawn from working group expertise, becoming the reference point for institutions rebuilding their assessment and integrity approaches.

2. Closing the gap in access to integrity resources
Taking a clear position as an advocate for accessible integrity resources — tiered membership, translated materials, and regional partnerships — for institutions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

3. Bridging academic integrity and research integrity
Building formal bridges with research integrity networks and developing shared positions on AI disclosure and authorship that apply to both students and researchers.

Working groups are most engaging when they produce something concrete — an annual planning process with each group committing to a tangible output would drive participation. Lightweight regional gatherings — online or in person — would build peer networks at relatively low cost. Regular, plain-language updates from the board about priorities and progress would strengthen trust. ECR representation in relevant working groups, a dedicated forum, and formal roles at ENAI events would invest in the next generation of academic integrity professionals.

Professor Shiva Sivasubramaniam brings over two decades of expertise in pharmacology, clinical ethics, research integrity, and higher education leadership. He is one of the inaugural members of ENAI, actively contributing since 2017. He served for six years as a member and chair of ENAI’s Auditing Group before becoming a current Board Member in 2023, contributing to organisational development and quality assurance. He holds over 50 peer-reviewed publications focusing on ethics, research integrity, and integrity-focused education. His promotion to full Professor in Clinical Ethics in 2026 and ENAI’s Outstanding Member Award in 2025 reflect his sustained contributions to the field.

In three years, ENAI should be recognised globally as a leading voice for academic integrity, research ethics, and responsible innovation. A distinctive element is strengthening ENAI’s focus on training and capacity building at the earliest stages of academic development — creating a sustainable culture of ethical behaviour that extends beyond universities. Through established collaborations in South-East Asia, the Middle East, and wider international networks, active expansion of ENAI’s membership across emerging higher education sectors is both achievable and timely, with significant opportunities through Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, and international development agencies.

1. Developing the next generation of ethical researchers
Establishing an internationally recognised “integrity education and ethical research academy” delivering scalable training, mentoring, scenario-based learning, and micro-credential programmes.

2. ENAI as a global leader in responsible AI
An ENAI international taskforce and resource hub dedicated to responsible AI, ethical innovation, and future integrity challenges — including policy guidance, staff development resources, and international workshops.

3. Global partnerships and sustainable funding
Expanding institutional partnerships and funded training initiatives, particularly in developing countries where governments increasingly prioritise ethical research capacity building.

Regular thematic webinars, regional networking forums, and online communities of practice where members share challenges and solutions throughout the year. Clearer pathways for involvement through micro-volunteering, mentorship-linked taskforces, and cross-country collaborative projects. Recognising contributions through certificates, digital badges, and visibility in ENAI communications. An “emerging integrity leaders” initiative offering mentoring, workshops, conference bursaries, and opportunities to contribute to international projects and publications.

Prof. Ľudovít Hajduk is a Slovak professor, researcher, and higher education leader specialising in academic ethics, research methodology, media and communication studies, and university governance. As Vice-Rector of the Pan-European University, he is responsible for external policy and relations and acts as guarantor of accredited master’s, doctoral, and professorial programmes in media and communication studies. He is Vice-President of Slovakia’s National Commission for Research Integrity and Ethics and a lead Slovak expert within the Council of Europe’s education policy structures. He has previously served as Director of the State Pedagogical Institute of the Slovak Republic and Chair of the National Curricular Council, advising the Slovak Ministry of Education. He has collaborated with universities in Belgium, Austria, Germany, Portugal, China, and other countries.

In three years, ENAI should be recognised as Europe’s leading independent platform for advancing academic integrity, research ethics, and responsible innovation. ENAI should be a trusted partner for universities, quality assurance agencies, policymakers, and international organisations. Sustainable membership growth should expand the network across Europe and beyond, with membership offering clear added value. Financial sustainability should be achieved through a diversified model combining membership contributions, European and international project funding, strategic partnerships, and training activities. As AI continues to transform education and research, ENAI should position itself as a leading European voice on the ethical, pedagogical, and governance implications of AI.

1. Strengthening ENAI’s leadership in academic integrity and AI governance
Becoming a leading European hub producing policy recommendations, good-practice guidelines, training programmes, and expert forums — a trusted reference point for universities, policymakers, and quality assurance bodies.

2. Expanding membership and member value
A membership strategy focused on increasing participation across Europe and beyond, enhancing member services through professional development, thematic working groups, and collaborative research initiatives.

3. Building strategic partnerships and long-term sustainability
Stronger cooperation with European and global organisations, quality assurance agencies, ministries, and research networks, combined with a diversified sustainable funding model.

Thematic communities of practice focused on academic integrity, research ethics, responsible AI, quality assurance, and ethics education. Working groups with clear objectives and hybrid participation formats, short-term task forces, and member-led webinars. A structured communication strategy with periodic updates on board decisions and working-group activities. A dedicated early-career and student network within ENAI, including mentoring schemes, awards for outstanding contributions, research presentation opportunities, and reduced-fee access to events and training.

Dr. Ulrike Najar is a PhD-qualified Higher Education Expert with over 15 years of global experience in teaching, researching, and designing innovative learning strategies, curricula, and training frameworks across the UK, Australia, UAE, Germany, and Austria. She specialises in Research Methodology, Instructional Design, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory Compliance, with a focus on staff development in HEIs, academic integrity, and university alliances. She holds a PhD in Intercultural Language Education. AQ Austria joined ENAI in 2025 and is an active member of GAIN, ETINED, and the BFUG Working Group on Fundamental Values.

Building on ENAI’s nine years of growth, ENAI can establish itself as the go-to global benchmark for academic integrity. The mandate must expand beyond basic plagiarism toward addressing the profound implications of emerging intelligence in a post-plagiarism landscape. ENAI should deepen its integration with key global regulatory bodies such as GAIN, ETINED, and ICAI, maturing into an agile, financially self-sustaining organisation that delivers quantifiable value and defensible compliance frameworks to member institutions worldwide.

Positioning ENAI as an advisory partner to governments
Working with national governments and global accreditation bodies to weave standardised academic integrity benchmarks into official university review systems.

High-impact research and evidence-based AI frameworks
Leading high-quality, multi-institutional studies on how AI impacts ethics, providing open-access research and data-backed guidance for navigating modern authorship challenges.

Institutional growth and financial sustainability
A tiered membership model offering high-tier members exclusive benefits such as policy audits, staff training, and ethical publishing pathways.

The “sprint project” model: short-term working groups with strict six-month deadlines to produce practical, specific policy guides. Quarterly virtual meetups where member organisations can share immediate academic integrity dilemmas and receive practical advice from international colleagues. Increased transparency of governance: sharing progress metrics before final decisions so members can give feedback. Pairing next-generation researchers with experienced mentors and providing travel grants and faster journal publication options to help early-career researchers launch their careers.

Nino Alavidze has been working in higher education for over a decade, mainly in external and internal quality assurance. She currently leads the Quality Assurance Department at ALTE University, working closely with academic and administrative teams to support programme development, evaluation, and continuous improvement across disciplines including business, medicine, IT, and law.

She has been involved in external quality assurance processes as an institutional and programme expert with the NCEQE (Georgia) and as an international evaluator for agencies including MFHEA and KAA. She also cooperates with HCERES, AAC, AAQ, FIBAA, and ACQAHE. She is currently a PhD student actively engaged in research, including a research stay in Spain, and serves as a reviewer for an international academic conference and scholarly journal.

Most of her oversight experience comes through quality assurance work in higher education. In her current role, she coordinates internal review processes including programme evaluations, self-assessment reporting, and ongoing monitoring of academic standards — work that involves reviewing documentation (including university and educational programme budgets) and ensuring institutional processes are transparent and aligned with regulatory requirements.

She has also participated in external evaluation panels through NCEQE and international reviews with MFHEA and KAA, contributing to assessments of institutional performance, governance structures, budgets, and quality systems — practices closely linked to auditing and accountability.

Nino is interested in joining the ENAI Auditing Group because she sees oversight and accountability as essential parts of maintaining integrity in higher education. Through her work in quality assurance, she has seen how important it is to have clear, fair, and transparent processes in place — not just formally, but in how they are actually implemented.

ENAI’s focus on academic integrity strongly resonates with her, and she has been involved in several ENAI activities she found valuable. She believes her background in institutional evaluation and external review would allow her to contribute in a practical and constructive way, while also learning from others working in different contexts.

Dr. Zeenath Reza Khan is an Associate Professor of Responsible Information Systems with extensive experience in academic governance, integrity, and ethical oversight. She has served as a Board Member of ENAI for three years, contributing to strategic discussions and international initiatives in academic integrity, and previously as an Audit Group Member of ENAI for three years, supporting oversight, accountability, and responsible review processes.

She is the Founding President of the ENAI WG Centre for Academic Integrity in the UAE, overseeing the Centre’s activities, partnerships, events, and financial planning. Her leadership experience includes coordinating multi-stakeholder projects, grant-funded initiatives, academic events, and international collaborations, developing strong expertise in administration, governance, finance oversight, ethical decision-making, and institutional accountability.

Dr. Khan has specific oversight and auditing experience through her prior service as an Audit Board Member of ENAI for three years, contributing to accountability, review, and transparency processes within an international NGO context. She also served as an ENAI Board Member for three years, participating in strategic governance, policy discussions, and organisational decision-making.

As Founding President of the ENAI WG Centre for Academic Integrity in the UAE, she oversees the Centre’s finances including budget planning, use of institutional funds, sponsorship income, event-related expenditure, and responsible allocation of resources. As Principal Investigator for large-scale funded research grants, she has gained extensive experience in budget monitoring, milestone tracking, reporting, and compliance with institutional and funder requirements.

Dr. Khan wishes to serve in the ENAI Auditing Group because she believes that integrity must be reflected not only in what an organisation promotes, but also in how it governs itself. ENAI has played a significant role in shaping her academic integrity journey, and she would be honoured to contribute to its continued transparency, accountability, and sustainability.

Her previous experience as an ENAI Audit Board

Board Candidates 2026–2029

Below are the candidates who have self-nominated for the ENAI Board for the 2026–2029 term, listed in order of nomination. Click on each section to expand it.

Dr. Lorna Waddington Associate Professor & University Academic Integrity Lead 🇬🇧 University of Leeds, United Kingdom Working Group LeadInstitutional Member Academic Integrity Policy · Generative AI · Inclusivity & International Students · Assessment

Biography

Vision for ENAI

Strategic Priorities

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Dr. Lorna Waddington is the University Academic Integrity Lead at the University of Leeds, a role she has held since 2022, having previously served as Faculty Academic Integrity Lead from 2018. She is also Associate Professor in International History. Her work focuses on academic integrity, assessment, and policy, particularly in the context of GenAI and its implications for higher education.

She has been the University of Leeds institutional representative to ENAI since 2018 and contributes to several working groups, including Academic Integrity Policies (where she serves as Deputy Head), Technology & Academic Integrity, and Integrity for All. She has supported two recent grant applications, including the Erasmus+ AI4Integrity bid and the EU-UK Partnership for Democratic Resilience. Her wider publications cover contract cheating, student surveys, and collusion, and she has a forthcoming co-authored publication exploring GenAI through Western and African perspectives. She co-leads the UK’s Northern Academic Integrity Network and serves on the QAA Academic Integrity Advisory Group. She is a recipient of the ENAI Award for Academic Integrity Activism.

In three years, ENAI should be reaching further, connecting more broadly, and operating more sustainably, building on its established reputation as Europe’s leading academic integrity network. Targeted membership growth should focus on research-intensive universities currently absent from the network and national quality assurance agencies, alongside stronger ties with ENQA and EQAR.

ENAI should also formalise relationships with regional research integrity networks such as ARIN (Africa) and APRI (Asia Pacific) to strengthen its global voice and ensure non-Western perspectives are embedded — particularly important for addressing the equity and epistemic justice dimensions of GenAI. Financial sustainability requires reducing dependence on membership fees through external funding and project income, enabling more accessible and inclusive events.

1. Equity, inclusion, and international students
Building on the Integrity for All working group: multilingual resources, culturally inclusive pedagogic guidance, and recommendations for equitable integrity policy across European HE contexts.

2. Funding, sustainability, and external partnerships
Actively pursuing EU and international funding bids. With the UK rejoining Erasmus+ from 2027, new collaborative and funding opportunities open up as a full institutional partner.

3. Advancing academic integrity in the context of AI
Developing practical guidance, case studies, and collaborative outputs that are inclusive, evidence-informed, and globally relevant — positioning ENAI as a leading source of timely, equitable guidance.

Member engagement must be clearly valuable, visible, and purposeful. Each working group should display recent activity, upcoming meetings, and outputs so members can easily see where and how to contribute. Working groups should be outcome-oriented, producing tangible outputs such as joint publications and conference panels.

ENAI should regularly refresh its working group model — merging overlapping groups, introducing time-limited task forces, and retiring inactive groups. Flexible participation models, including short-term “micro-contributions” such as reviewing drafts or contributing case studies, would enable engagement without long-term commitment. A short onboarding process and small gestures of inclusion at conferences would help build a welcoming community.

Dr. Tomáš Foltýnek Assistant Professor & ENAI President 🇨🇿 Masaryk University, Czech Republic ★ Current Board MemberWorking Group LeadInstitutional Member Academic Integrity · Plagiarism Detection · Artificial Intelligence in Education · Research Ethics

Biography

Vision for ENAI

Strategic Priorities

Member Engagement

Dr. Tomáš Foltýnek is an assistant professor at the Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing at the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, and a member of the university’s Ethical Committee for Research. He is the current President of the ENAI Board (re-standing for the 2026–2029 term) and vice-chair of the Bureau of the Council of Europe’s ETINED platform. He also heads the Working Committee on Ethics in Scientific and Pedagogical Work within the Council of Higher Education Institutions in the Czech Republic.

His research focuses on plagiarism detection and prevention, academic integrity policies, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence in education. He has led several national and international projects on academic integrity and has been organising conferences on this topic since 2013. He is a certified VIRT2UE research integrity trainer.

Having been with ENAI from the very beginning, many elements of the original vision have already materialised. ENAI is a respected international organisation providing valuable resources. In three years, ENAI should have 100 member institutions, most of which actively contribute to working group activities.

Financially, the income should reflect a healthy mixture of membership fees and project funding. ENAI should retain its great staff and support part-time arrangements for those managing family responsibilities — doing more to support the work-life balance of its team.

1. Make membership benefits more tangible
University management should see the clear added value of ENAI membership — with concrete, communicable benefits that justify it.

2. Make members more active
All members should be represented in working groups. The working groups should be more active and have direct impact on member institutions.

3. Get new members
ENAI should not be perceived as a closed community. The network should actively attract institutions and people already working in the academic integrity area.

ENAI should promote itself outside the academic integrity community — at conferences and other events and more actively on LinkedIn. ENAI should also be more courageous: publicly commenting on pressing issues, scandals, and cases, and more actively supporting victims of academic misconduct.

A longer-term structural goal is to support the establishment of national academic integrity networks, so that ENAI gradually transforms into a network of national networks.

Dr. Muaawia Hamza Ahmed Director, Biomedical Research Administration 🇸🇦 King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Institutional MemberWorking Group Member Research Integrity · Plagiarism · Contract Cheating · Ethical Publishing · Biochemistry

Biography

Vision for ENAI

Strategic Priorities

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Dr. Muaawia Hamza Ahmed is the Director of the Biomedical Research Administration at King Fahad Medical City and the chair and founder of the Research and Academic Integrity (RAI) team. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry from University College Dublin, National University of Ireland (2006). He is an active member of ENAI’s Ethical Publishing and Dissemination working group and a co-founder of ACARI, co-organising its inaugural conference in Dubai in December 2023. In June 2025, ENAI recognised his contributions with the ENAI Exemplary Activism Award.

If given the honour to serve as a board member, the focus would be on using a wider network of contacts in academic and research communities to recruit more institutions and individuals from Africa and the Middle East to join ENAI. Educational activities tailored to meet the needs of new member institutions would serve two goals: encouraging further research in academic and research integrity, and potentially providing a source of income for ENAI. Liaising with institutions in the Middle East and Africa to sign memoranda of agreement for strategic partnerships would be a key contribution.

1. Grow to 100 institutional members by 2029
Establishing a board subcommittee to identify and contact institutions from different continents and invite them to join ENAI.

2. Flexible membership packages
Introducing tiered payment options — full annual payment, 15% discount for two-year commitment, or 25% discount for three-year payment — to make membership more accessible globally.

3. ENAI representation at integrity events worldwide
Sending at least one ENAI board representative to integrity activities organised by similar bodies, raising awareness of ENAI across the international community.

Proposals include organising a monthly journal club where members present articles in the area of academic integrity, fostering ongoing scholarly dialogue. Continuing the webinar series with invitations via email, WhatsApp, and ENAI social media accounts would maintain regular member contact. Creating a YouTube channel, Telegram channel, and blogs — encouraging members to deliver talks — would extend ENAI’s reach and provide platforms for diverse voices.

Dr. Artem Artyukhov Associate Professor 🇺🇦 Sumy State University, Ukraine Institutional MemberWorking Group Member Academic Integrity · AI in Education · Open Science · Quality Assurance · Knowledge Transfer

Biography

Vision for ENAI

Strategic Priorities

Member Engagement

Dr. Artem Artyukhov is an expert in academic integrity, quality assurance, and artificial intelligence in education. He has been a leading figure in advancing academic and research integrity in Ukraine, previously heading the Subcommittee on Academic Integrity at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. He is a member of the ENAI Educational Materials working group and has coordinated large-scale initiatives including Erasmus+ projects, Jean Monnet Strand, and U.S. Embassy in Ukraine projects. His work has been recognised with the Tricia Bertram Gallant Award for Outstanding Service (ICAI) and the ENAI Exemplary Activism Award.

In three years, ENAI should be the uncontested global authority on academic integrity, built on three pillars: AI Integration & Ethical Leadership (leading the transition from detection-based models to integrity-by-design frameworks); Membership Value & Sustainability (shifting to a “must-have” institutional partner with tiered membership benefits); and Strategic Visibility (becoming a regular consultant for the European Commission and national ministries, ensuring academic integrity is embedded in HE funding and accreditation).

1. Harmonised AI literacy frameworks
An “ENAI AI-Integrity Toolkit” — a standardised, modular framework for universities — providing a clear ethical roadmap and reducing misconduct.

2. Financial diversification & resilience
A “Professional Certification Programme” for Academic Integrity Officers and corporate partnerships to create steady, non-grant-dependent income.

3. Inclusive global outreach
A “Global Mentorship Scheme” connecting established ENAI experts with emerging researchers in the Global South to increase international visibility.

Three concrete proposals: “Circles of Interest” — a flexible structure allowing members to join thematic groups based on current interests, lowering barriers to engagement; a “Member Spotlight” initiative regularly featuring members’ stories and projects in newsletters and on social media; and a “Peer-to-Peer Bridge” soft mentorship programme in which early-career researchers and students are active contributors to ENAI projects, supported by a buddy system with more experienced members.

Professor Jelena Titko Vice-Rector for Science and International Cooperation 🇱🇻 EKA University of Applied Sciences, Latvia Institutional MemberWorking Group Member Financial Literacy · Social Entrepreneurship · Circular Economy · Digital Transformation · Higher Education Governance

Biography

Vision for ENAI

Strategic Priorities

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Professor Jelena Titko is Vice-Rector for Science, Head of the Scientific Institution, Professor and Senior Researcher at EKA University of Applied Sciences, Latvia. She is Deputy Chair of the Association of Latvian Economists and a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Marketing and Management Association. She serves as an expert for the Latvian Council of Science and as an Expert for the Lithuanian Research Council. She coordinates international research groups on Sustainable Development and Circular Economy, and on Digital Economy and Digital Transformation. She is the author of more than 100 scientific papers and Editor-in-Chief of the journals Economics and Culture and Sustainability, Social Innovations and Digital Transformation.

In three years, ENAI should have: institutional members in all European countries; strategic partners for the ECEIA conference; research groups with formal leaders, action plans, and defined deliverables; a knowledge transfer and dissemination plan; and an expanded project portfolio. A gap analysis should identify unrepresented countries, with regional offices coordinated by institutional members as an additional objective. The possibility of launching a scientific journal published by ENAI deserves serious consideration. Regular training schools, such as a summer school for young researchers, would strengthen ENAI’s role in developing the next generation of integrity scholars.

1. Enlarge the membership network
Working on selection criteria for new members and supporting the creation of a prioritised outreach list, addressing inconsistent representativeness across Europe.

2. Intensify research activities
Supporting the working group in developing an Action Plan for research to raise ENAI’s profile as a knowledge-generating body.

3. Training of young researchers
Full support — from planning through to organisation — for a regular programme of training activities for the next generation of integrity professionals.

Each working group leader should have a written action plan and report annually to the Board. Strong strategic conference partners should promote ECEIA from their institutions. Each partner institution should commit to dissemination activities, formalised in a Commitment Letter, and maintain a dedicated ENAI section on their institutional webpage. ENAI should organise regular training events, such as a summer school co-organised with strategic institutional members.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mike Perkins Associate Professor & Head of the Centre for Research & Innovation 🇻🇳 British University Vietnam (BUV), Vietnam Individual MemberWorking Group Member Academic Integrity · Generative AI in Education · Assessment Design · AI Governance · Digital Equity & Global South

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mike Perkins leads institutional GenAI policy at British University Vietnam (BUV). He holds a PhD in Management from the University of York and is ranked in the top 0.4% of researchers globally by Stanford/Elsevier (2025), with over 4,000 citations. He is co-creator of the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS), translated into more than 30 languages and adopted by over 350 schools and universities worldwide (QS Reimagine Education Bronze Prize, 2025). He is Principal Investigator on a British Council-funded grant on the generative AI divide in Vietnam’s higher education sector, serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal for Educational Integrity and Artificial Intelligence in Education, and holds a Global Research Fellowship at the University of St Andrews. He is a core member of the team developing the Vancouver Statement for WCRI on AI disclosure in research contexts.

In three years, ENAI should be the world’s most trusted reference point on academic integrity in the age of AI. Three shifts would make this real: elevating ENAI’s AI-specific outputs through working groups producing concrete deliverables such as guidance documents and policy briefs; continuing to internationalise membership through tiered structures and translated resources for institutions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; and building sustainable partnerships with publishers, education ministries, and international bodies. There is also a real opportunity to connect ENAI’s work more closely with the research integrity community around AI disclosure and authorship.

1. Establishing ENAI as the global AI and integrity authority
Coordinating a deliberate international response to GenAI — ENAI-endorsed frameworks and toolkits drawn from working group expertise, becoming the reference point for institutions rebuilding their assessment and integrity approaches.

2. Closing the gap in access to integrity resources
Taking a clear position as an advocate for accessible integrity resources — tiered membership, translated materials, and regional partnerships — for institutions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

3. Bridging academic integrity and research integrity
Building formal bridges with research integrity networks and developing shared positions on AI disclosure and authorship that apply to both students and researchers.

Working groups are most engaging when they produce something concrete — an annual planning process with each group committing to a tangible output would drive participation. Lightweight regional gatherings — online or in person — would build peer networks at relatively low cost. Regular, plain-language updates from the board about priorities and progress would strengthen trust. ECR representation in relevant working groups, a dedicated forum, and formal roles at ENAI events would invest in the next generation of academic integrity professionals.

Professor Shiva Sivasubramaniam Das Deputy Dean, School of Life and Health Sciences 🇬🇧 University of Roehampton, United Kingdom ★ Current Board MemberWorking Group LeadInstitutional Member Pharmacology · Clinical Ethics · Research Integrity · AI Ethics · Internationalisation

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Professor Shiva Sivasubramaniam brings over two decades of expertise in pharmacology, clinical ethics, research integrity, and higher education leadership. He is one of the inaugural members of ENAI, actively contributing since 2017. He served for six years as a member and chair of ENAI’s Auditing Group before becoming a current Board Member in 2023, contributing to organisational development and quality assurance. He holds over 50 peer-reviewed publications focusing on ethics, research integrity, and integrity-focused education. His promotion to full Professor in Clinical Ethics in 2026 and ENAI’s Outstanding Member Award in 2025 reflect his sustained contributions to the field.

In three years, ENAI should be recognised globally as a leading voice for academic integrity, research ethics, and responsible innovation. A distinctive element is strengthening ENAI’s focus on training and capacity building at the earliest stages of academic development — creating a sustainable culture of ethical behaviour that extends beyond universities. Through established collaborations in South-East Asia, the Middle East, and wider international networks, active expansion of ENAI’s membership across emerging higher education sectors is both achievable and timely, with significant opportunities through Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, and international development agencies.

1. Developing the next generation of ethical researchers
Establishing an internationally recognised “integrity education and ethical research academy” delivering scalable training, mentoring, scenario-based learning, and micro-credential programmes.

2. ENAI as a global leader in responsible AI
An ENAI international taskforce and resource hub dedicated to responsible AI, ethical innovation, and future integrity challenges — including policy guidance, staff development resources, and international workshops.

3. Global partnerships and sustainable funding
Expanding institutional partnerships and funded training initiatives, particularly in developing countries where governments increasingly prioritise ethical research capacity building.

Regular thematic webinars, regional networking forums, and online communities of practice where members share challenges and solutions throughout the year. Clearer pathways for involvement through micro-volunteering, mentorship-linked taskforces, and cross-country collaborative projects. Recognising contributions through certificates, digital badges, and visibility in ENAI communications. An “emerging integrity leaders” initiative offering mentoring, workshops, conference bursaries, and opportunities to contribute to international projects and publications.

Prof. Ľudovít Hajduk Vice-Rector for External Policy and Relations 🇸🇰 Pan-European University, Slovakia Individual Member Research Integrity & Ethics · Media & Communication Studies · University Governance · AI Ethics · Educational Policy

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Prof. Ľudovít Hajduk is a Slovak professor, researcher, and higher education leader specialising in academic ethics, research methodology, media and communication studies, and university governance. As Vice-Rector of the Pan-European University, he is responsible for external policy and relations and acts as guarantor of accredited master’s, doctoral, and professorial programmes in media and communication studies. He is Vice-President of Slovakia’s National Commission for Research Integrity and Ethics and a lead Slovak expert within the Council of Europe’s education policy structures. He has previously served as Director of the State Pedagogical Institute of the Slovak Republic and Chair of the National Curricular Council, advising the Slovak Ministry of Education. He has collaborated with universities in Belgium, Austria, Germany, Portugal, China, and other countries.

In three years, ENAI should be recognised as Europe’s leading independent platform for advancing academic integrity, research ethics, and responsible innovation. ENAI should be a trusted partner for universities, quality assurance agencies, policymakers, and international organisations. Sustainable membership growth should expand the network across Europe and beyond, with membership offering clear added value. Financial sustainability should be achieved through a diversified model combining membership contributions, European and international project funding, strategic partnerships, and training activities. As AI continues to transform education and research, ENAI should position itself as a leading European voice on the ethical, pedagogical, and governance implications of AI.

1. Strengthening ENAI’s leadership in academic integrity and AI governance
Becoming a leading European hub producing policy recommendations, good-practice guidelines, training programmes, and expert forums — a trusted reference point for universities, policymakers, and quality assurance bodies.

2. Expanding membership and member value
A membership strategy focused on increasing participation across Europe and beyond, enhancing member services through professional development, thematic working groups, and collaborative research initiatives.

3. Building strategic partnerships and long-term sustainability
Stronger cooperation with European and global organisations, quality assurance agencies, ministries, and research networks, combined with a diversified sustainable funding model.

Thematic communities of practice focused on academic integrity, research ethics, responsible AI, quality assurance, and ethics education. Working groups with clear objectives and hybrid participation formats, short-term task forces, and member-led webinars. A structured communication strategy with periodic updates on board decisions and working-group activities. A dedicated early-career and student network within ENAI, including mentoring schemes, awards for outstanding contributions, research presentation opportunities, and reduced-fee access to events and training.

Dr. Ulrike Najar Senior Project Manager 🇦🇹 AQ Austria, Austria Institutional Member Quality Assurance · Instructional Design · Academic Integrity · Intercultural Language Education · Regulatory Compliance

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Dr. Ulrike Najar is a PhD-qualified Higher Education Expert with over 15 years of global experience in teaching, researching, and designing innovative learning strategies, curricula, and training frameworks across the UK, Australia, UAE, Germany, and Austria. She specialises in Research Methodology, Instructional Design, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory Compliance, with a focus on staff development in HEIs, academic integrity, and university alliances. She holds a PhD in Intercultural Language Education. AQ Austria joined ENAI in 2025 and is an active member of GAIN, ETINED, and the BFUG Working Group on Fundamental Values.

Building on ENAI’s nine years of growth, ENAI can establish itself as the go-to global benchmark for academic integrity. The mandate must expand beyond basic plagiarism toward addressing the profound implications of emerging intelligence in a post-plagiarism landscape. ENAI should deepen its integration with key global regulatory bodies such as GAIN, ETINED, and ICAI, maturing into an agile, financially self-sustaining organisation that delivers quantifiable value and defensible compliance frameworks to member institutions worldwide.

Positioning ENAI as an advisory partner to governments
Working with national governments and global accreditation bodies to weave standardised academic integrity benchmarks into official university review systems.

High-impact research and evidence-based AI frameworks
Leading high-quality, multi-institutional studies on how AI impacts ethics, providing open-access research and data-backed guidance for navigating modern authorship challenges.

Institutional growth and financial sustainability
A tiered membership model offering high-tier members exclusive benefits such as policy audits, staff training, and ethical publishing pathways.

The “sprint project” model: short-term working groups with strict six-month deadlines to produce practical, specific policy guides. Quarterly virtual meetups where member organisations can share immediate academic integrity dilemmas and receive practical advice from international colleagues. Increased transparency of governance: sharing progress metrics before final decisions so members can give feedback. Pairing next-generation researchers with experienced mentors and providing travel grants and faster journal publication options to help early-career researchers launch their careers.

Auditing Group Candidates 2026–2029

Below are the candidates who have self-nominated for the ENAI Auditing Group for the 2026–2029 term, listed in order of nomination. Click on each section to expand it.

MS Nino Alavidze Director of Quality Assurance Department 🇬🇪 ALTE University, Georgia Institutional Member Higher Education · Quality Assurance · Institutional Evaluation

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Nino Alavidze has been working in higher education for over a decade, mainly in external and internal quality assurance. She currently leads the Quality Assurance Department at ALTE University, working closely with academic and administrative teams to support programme development, evaluation, and continuous improvement across disciplines including business, medicine, IT, and law.

She has been involved in external quality assurance processes as an institutional and programme expert with the NCEQE (Georgia) and as an international evaluator for agencies including MFHEA and KAA. She also cooperates with HCERES, AAC, AAQ, FIBAA, and ACQAHE. She is currently a PhD student actively engaged in research, including a research stay in Spain, and serves as a reviewer for an international academic conference and scholarly journal.

Most of her oversight experience comes through quality assurance work in higher education. In her current role, she coordinates internal review processes including programme evaluations, self-assessment reporting, and ongoing monitoring of academic standards — work that involves reviewing documentation (including university and educational programme budgets) and ensuring institutional processes are transparent and aligned with regulatory requirements.

She has also participated in external evaluation panels through NCEQE and international reviews with MFHEA and KAA, contributing to assessments of institutional performance, governance structures, budgets, and quality systems — practices closely linked to auditing and accountability.

Nino is interested in joining the ENAI Auditing Group because she sees oversight and accountability as essential parts of maintaining integrity in higher education. Through her work in quality assurance, she has seen how important it is to have clear, fair, and transparent processes in place — not just formally, but in how they are actually implemented.

ENAI’s focus on academic integrity strongly resonates with her, and she has been involved in several ENAI activities she found valuable. She believes her background in institutional evaluation and external review would allow her to contribute in a practical and constructive way, while also learning from others working in different contexts.

Dr. Zeenath Reza Khan Associate Professor of Responsible Information Systems 🇦🇪 University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE ★ Current Board MemberWorking Group Lead Academic Integrity · AI Ethics · Education · STEM · Policy

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Dr. Zeenath Reza Khan is an Associate Professor of Responsible Information Systems with extensive experience in academic governance, integrity, and ethical oversight. She has served as a Board Member of ENAI for three years, contributing to strategic discussions and international initiatives in academic integrity, and previously as an Audit Group Member of ENAI for three years, supporting oversight, accountability, and responsible review processes.

She is the Founding President of the ENAI WG Centre for Academic Integrity in the UAE, overseeing the Centre’s activities, partnerships, events, and financial planning. Her leadership experience includes coordinating multi-stakeholder projects, grant-funded initiatives, academic events, and international collaborations, developing strong expertise in administration, governance, finance oversight, ethical decision-making, and institutional accountability.

Dr. Khan has specific oversight and auditing experience through her prior service as an Audit Board Member of ENAI for three years, contributing to accountability, review, and transparency processes within an international NGO context. She also served as an ENAI Board Member for three years, participating in strategic governance, policy discussions, and organisational decision-making.

As Founding President of the ENAI WG Centre for Academic Integrity in the UAE, she oversees the Centre’s finances including budget planning, use of institutional funds, sponsorship income, event-related expenditure, and responsible allocation of resources. As Principal Investigator for large-scale funded research grants, she has gained extensive experience in budget monitoring, milestone tracking, reporting, and compliance with institutional and funder requirements.

Dr. Khan wishes to serve in the ENAI Auditing Group because she believes that integrity must be reflected not only in what an organisation promotes, but also in how it governs itself. ENAI has played a significant role in shaping her academic integrity journey, and she would be honoured to contribute to its continued transparency, accountability, and sustainability.

Her previous experience as an ENAI Audit Board Member and Board Member has helped her understand the importance of careful review, responsible questioning, fairness, and trust in organisational oversight. She is drawn to this role because it aligns with her long-standing commitment to ethical leadership and good governance, and she would bring commitment, independence, care, and a strong sense of responsibility to the work.

Member and Board Member has helped her understand the importance of careful review, responsible questioning, fairness, and trust in organisational oversight. She is drawn to this role because it aligns with her long-standing commitment to ethical leadership and good governance, and she would bring commitment, independence, care, and a strong sense of responsibility to the work.