Francesco Laurenti is an associate professor in Comparative literature at IULM University, Milan.He is the Director of the “International Center for Research on Collaborative Translation” (IULM University). The outcomes of his research have been presented at international conferences and published in monographs, collected volumes, and international peer-reviewed academic journals. He is a member of the editorial and advisory boards of several academic peer-reviewed journals, and he has edited special journal issues and collected volumes on translation.