Univ.-Ass. Irene Alfarone, PhD

Vita

Akademische Tätigkeiten

07.2026 – ongoing University Assistant (PostDoc), Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck

01.2026 – 06.2026 Project Employee, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck

10.2022 – 07.2026 University Assistant, Institut für Psychologie, Universität Innsbruck

04.2022 – 10.2022 Research Assistant, Department of Humanities, University of Turin

02.2021 – 08.2021 Research Intern, Department of Psychology, University of Turin

Universitäre Ausbildung

07.07.2026 PhD in Psychology, University of Innsbruck

25.07.2022 Psychology Qualification Examination, University of Turin

25.02.2021 Violin Diploma (Master’s Degree), Conservatoire de la Vallée d’Aoste

03.11.2020 Master’s Degree in Psychology of Work and Wellbeing in Organizations, University of Turin

06.09.2018 Bachelor’s Degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques, University of Turin

Weitere akademische Ausbildung

06.2025 Replicability Crisis in Science - Methodological School, University of Padua

05.2025 Power and Design Analysis, University of Padua

05.2025 Evaluation of Outliers and Influential Cases in Multivariate Perspective, University of Padua

05.2025 Introduction to Meta-Analysis with Application in R, University of Padua

02.2025 Winter School in Clinical Epidemiology, UMIT TIROL, Austria

04.2024 Propensity Score Analysis - Advanced, Statistical Horizons

03.2024 Propensity Score Analysis - Basics, Statistical Horizons

09.2023 PSI Training Course: Missing Data, Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry

07.2023 Modeling Heterogeneity: Advances in Behavioral Decision Analytics, University of Innsbruck

03.2022–09.2022 Teacher Training (CIFIS), University of Turin

Forschung

My research focuses on psychological measurement and methodological issues in psychology, with particular emphasis on meta-analysis and missing-data imputation. I also investigate psychological factors related to environmental behavior and sustainability.

Meine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in der psychologischen Messung und in methodischen Fragen der Psychologie, insbesondere in der Meta-Analyse und der Imputation fehlender Daten. Darüber hinaus beschäftige ich mich mit psychologischen Faktoren des Umweltverhaltens und der Nachhaltigkeit.

Geförderte Projekte

MISTAKES Misconception-aware Intelligent Statistics Tutor for Assessing Knowledge and Enhancing Skills (Tiroler Nachwuchsforscher*innenförderung Preis) (End 06.2027)

Lehre

Summer 2026 - https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=26S&lvnr_id_in=720407 Computer-Aided Data Evaluation II

Winter 2025-2026 https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=25W&lvnr_id_in=720560 Methods Deepening (Meta-analysis)

Summer 2025 https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=25S&lvnr_id_in=720407 Computer-Aided Data Evaluation II

Winter 2024-2025 https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=24W&lvnr_id_in=720405 Computer-Aided Data Evaluation I

Summer 2024 https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=23S&lvnr_id_in=720407 Computer-Aided Data Evaluation II

Winter 2023-2024 https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=23W&lvnr_id_in=720560 Methods Deepening (Meta-analysis)

Summer 2023 https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=23S&lvnr_id_in=720407 Computer-Aided Data Evaluation II

Publikationen

Dissertation

Alfarone Irene, Challenges to cumulative science in psychology, from causes to practical remedies

Fachzeitschriftenartikel

Alfarone, I., & Gondan (in press), M. Proper units for pro-environmental behavior: a review and feasibility study of private-sphere behaviors [Author Accepted Manuscript]. Global Environmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.21653

Alfarone, I., & Gondan, M. (2026) Change of d-irection: current limitations and future directions in psychological meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1717798

Gondan, M., & Alfarone, I. (2023) mathml: Translate R expressions to MathML and LaTeX/MathJax. The R Journal, 15. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/mathml/vignettes/mathml.html

Alfarone, I., & Merlone, U. (2023) Should I stay or Should I go? A dynamical model of musicians’ agglomeration and migration. Quality & Quantity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-023-01634-7

Merlone, U., & Alfarone, I. (2022) A hard day’s night: A dynamical model of musicians’ career choices. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2022.107037

Alfarone, I., & Merlone, U. (2022) The show must go on: Pandemic consequences on musicians’ job insecurity perception. Psychology of Music. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735622108155

R Packages

Alfarone, I., Gambarota, F., & Pastore, M. (2025) missmeta: Flexible imputation for multivariate meta-analysis. https://github.com/ialfarone/missmeta

Gondan, M., & Alfarone, I. (2023) mathml: Translate R expressions to MathML and LaTeX/MathJax. R package version 1.7. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/mathml/vignettes/mathml.

Präsentationen

Konferenzbeiträge (Auswahl)

03.09.2025 Imputation of missing outcome measures in meta-analysis, European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. (by I. Alfarone, F. Gambarota, M. Pastore)

15.02.2025 Change of d-irection: alternative methods for meta-analysis in psychology, Cognitive Science Arena, University of Bozen, Brixen, Italy. (by I. Alfarone, M. Gondan)

28.10.2024 Change of d-irection: alternative methods for meta-analysis in psychology, META-REP Conference, University of Munich, Munich, Germany. (by I. Alfarone, M. Gondan)

17.09.2024 Proper Units for Pro-Environmental Behavior, 53rd DGPs Congress/15th ÖGP Conference, Vienna, Austria. (by I. Alfarone, S. Plank, M. Gondan)

10.02.2024 Poster: Change of d-irection: future perspectives in psychological meta-analysis, Cognitive Science Arena, University of Bozen, Brixen, Italy. (by I. Alfarone, M. Gondan)

02.06.2023 Poster: Change of d-irection: multivariate and univariate meta-analysis, Pscience Day, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. (by I. Alfarone, M. Gondan)

20.03.2023 Poster: Mind the gap: Missing data imputation in meta-analysis, Forschungszentrum Research Day, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. (by I. Alfarone, M. Gondan)

28.09.2022 The show must go on: pandemic consequences on musicians’ job insecurity perception, XXX Congresso AIP, Padova, Italy. (by I. Alfarone, U. Merlone)

27.09.2022 A hard day’s night: A dynamical model of musicians’ career choices, XXX Congresso AIP, Padova, Italy. (by U. Merlone, I. Alfarone)

09.09.2022 Hit the road, Jack: A model of musicians’ mobility between two cities, MDEF 2022, Urbino, Italy. (by I. Alfarone, U. Merlone)

01.10.2021 Poster: Artistic crowding and musicians’ mobility choices: A dynamical model, LLC Poster Day, University of Turin – Center for Logic, Language, and Cognition, Italy. (by I. Alfarone, U. Merlone)

Öffentliche Vorträge (Auswahl)

Pint of Science (10.05.2026), http://pintofscience.at/event/between-doubt-and-data-how-we-really-measure-psychology/

Mitgliedschaften

Member of the Methodological Review Board of the University of Padua

Methodological reviewer for the “Database Italiano delle Misure Psicologiche” of Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (https://aipass.org/home-dimp/)

Funktionen bei wissenschaftlichen Tagungen

Scientific committee and Organisational committee: Cognitive Science Arena (Brixen, 2026) https://cogsci.unibz.it/committees.html

Scientific committee and Organisational committee: European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG) (Innsbruck, 2026) https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/congress/empg-2026/contact/

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