1. Irene
Franco
Schwalbacher Str. 44
60326 Frankfurt am Main
Hessen - GERMANY
+49-(0)176-4294-8964
irene.franco0318@gmail.com
facebook.com/irene.franco.3998
“I have learned to walk: since
then I have run. I have learned
to fly: since then I do not have
to be pushed in order to move.
Now I am nimble, now I fly,
now I see myself under myself,
now a god dances within me.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche,
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Ph.D.
de.linkedin.com/in/irene-franco-
2928a65
COGNITIVE
SCIENCE

2. Creative, Intuitive &
Proactive
Yggdrasil Post-doc fellow, University of Tromsø, NO (2009-10)
Post-doc researcher, University of Leiden, NL (2010-15)
Post-doc researcher, Goethe University, Frankfurt (2015-)
I AM
Academic researcher & teacher
Project-manager
(Linguistic-) data analyst
Responsible for knowledge dissemination,
communication and event organization
ITALIAN Native
ENGLISH Fluent
DUTCH Fluent
SPANISH Fluent
FRENCH Fluent
GERMAN Good
NORWEGIAN Good
SWEDISH Pre-intermediate
LANGUAGES
MY SKILLS
Mentally curious &
Quickly learning
Flexible, Mobile &
Open-minded
Determined, hard
working &
responsible
Analytic, Intelligent
& Strategic
Communication in
several languages &
Social skills
Altruistic &
Supportive in team
work and partner
care
Excellent
Writing skills
ABOUT ME EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC
- Research project management
- Data mining & analysis
- Course design & teaching
- Budget administration
- Knowledge dissemination
- Dept. activity coordination
- Workshop organization
- Article writing
- Volume editing
- Team management
NON ACADEMIC
- SME-support project management
- International project editing & management (R&D, Education,
Healthcare, Female entrepreneurship)
- Training & team coordination
- Customer & partner care
- Event organization
- Marketing strategies & commercial promotion
- Design
Assistant Project Manager, Venice Euro Info Center -
Chamber of Commerce, IT (2004-05)
Office Manager, Studio Effe Immobiliare, Real Estate, Venice,
IT (1998-2002)
EDUCATION
- Master Degree: Philosophy and Theory of Science
(1999-2004, 110/110 magna cum laude)
Università Ca' Foscari, Venice, IT
- Level II Master Degree: Cognitive Science, Mathematic
Logic and Computer Science (2005-2006)
Università degli Studi di Siena, IT
- Doctorate: Cognitive Science - Generative Linguistics
(2006-2008)
Università degli Studi di Siena, IT
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Dutch Basic Qualification for Academic Teaching (Basis
Kwalificatie voor het Onderwijs)
I AM INTERESTED IN
Scientific transfer & knowledge dissemination
Innovation management & quality control
Data analysis
Customer relations
I LOVE
Working in international environments
Dealing with different cultures
Solving problems
Facing new challenges every day