Giacomo Bilotti’s research interests lie in computational archaeology, with a particular focus on the application of statistical methods, including spatial statistics. He obtained his PhD from Kiel University (Germany) in 2024, with a thesis on demographic patterns in prehistoric northern Europe. Prior to his PhD, he studied archaeology at the University of Padova (Italy), where he earned his Master’s degree in 2019 and his Bachelor’s degree in 2017.He is currently holding a postdoctoral position at Kiel University within the Collaborative Research Centre “Scales of Transformation: Human-Environmental Interaction in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies” and the Excellence Cluster “ROOTS – Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies.