Marc Balcells, Ph.D., is a Spanish criminologist. He is a professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, in Barcelona. Marc holds degrees in Law (Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Barcelona), Criminology (Universitat Autònoma; Barcelona), and Human Sciences (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), and masters both in Criminal Law (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universitat de Barcelona) and Criminal Justice (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York). A Fulbright scholar, he obtained his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, at John Jay College. His research revolves around cultural heritage crime, and more specifically criminological aspects of archaeological looting, although he has also written about other forms of art crime and criminal justice issues. His other research interests are transnational organized crime, cybercrime, cultural criminology and history of crime and criminology.