Dr Gianmarco Alberti is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Criminology, University of Malta. He has authored more than 30 papers published in various journals, as well as two monographs and open-access software for spatial statistics and multivariate analysis. He specialises in applying data analysis across diverse fields, from archaeology to criminology. His research interests focus on Geographic Information Science (GIS), spatial analysis, 3D modelling, statistical modelling, and on statistics applied to social science data, with a focus on dimensionality-reduction techniques (Correspondence Analysis in particular). His pedagogical expertise spans various levels, including Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral programmes, in multiple disciplines and institutions.