Marián Morón
Vice-Rector of Internationalization, University Pablo de Olavide, Seville
Marián Morón is Associate Professor at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide. She holds a PhD in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Granada. Her teaching and research career has consistently focused on the social dimension of the contemporary university, where mobility and international experience are key factors both in learning processes and in students’ professional development.
She has participated in or coordinated up to four European projects aimed at fostering interaction among university students from diverse cultural and academic traditions, addressing the intercultural dimension of higher education from multiple perspectives. Her doctoral dissertation (UGR, 2009) was an innovative sociological study examining the educational and professional experiences of participants in a multiple-degree programme—pioneering in the European context—for the training of translators and experts in languages and intercultural communication.
Her extensive publication record has led to her recognition and invitation as a keynote speaker in courses, conferences, and workshops for students at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels, both nationally and internationally. Notable are her contributions as a trainer of trainers on mobility and the intercultural dimension of higher education in countries such as Belgium, the United Kingdom, Tunisia, and Italy. Her research interests include various forms of mobility, including virtual mobility and “internationalization at home” programmes.
She has been involved in more than fifteen teaching innovation projects and has received two Excellence Distinctions in the Docencia-UPO programme, the most recent with public recognition. She also holds a Master’s degree in Digital Marketing and has worked on interdisciplinary training initiatives, particularly those linking communication and translation with other fields such as marketing, advertising, and the fashion industry. In this context, she served as co-Principal Investigator of the project “Closer-Int: Coupling Language Services for Internationalization”, funded through FEDER-UPO-Junta de Andalucía, which focused on transferring advances in Translation Studies to the productive sector. She has been a member of the Interglosia research group (HUM 996) since its establishment in 2017.
She has held several academic leadership roles, including Vice-Dean for External Relations and Communication and Internship Coordinator at the Faculty of Humanities, as well as Vice-Rector for Students at UPO (2020–2024). In these roles, she has promoted co-governance, student participation in academic and university life, inclusion and equality, and attention to student mental health as key priorities. In April 2024, she was appointed Vice-President of the Andalusian Student Council and is a member of the working group on Student Affairs—Mobility, Organization, and Student Participation of CRUE.