Prof. Saviour Formosa is an Associate Professor within the Department of Criminology, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta. He has a Ph.D. in spatio-temporal environmental criminology, a MSc in GIS and a BA(Hons) in Sociology. His main area of research is spatio-temporal analysis of the social and physical relationships using spatial information systems.
His expertise lies in the implementation of developmental cross-thematic approaches and uses to the data cycle and management with emphasis on the thematic and spatial data structures, visualisation, modelling, web-mapping, analysis and dataflow management and reporting. He is a Member of the Applied Criminology Centre at the University of Huddersfield. Prof. Formosa developed the www.crimemalta.com website which covers ongoing crime-related research and statistics in Malta.
Involved in various research projects, he serves as Malta's National contact for ESPON, GEO, GEOSS and EEA NFP.
Prof. Formosa is a reviewer of a number of international journals and publishers: SAGE, Springer, ScienceDomain, ICCSA, IIIS and ECS.
Latest Books Published: Formosa Pace, J., Formosa, S., Azzopardi, J., Calafato, T., Calafato Testa, S., Caruana, P., Darmanin, B., Gauci, D., Lewis, O. & Scicluna, S. 2015, SeCollege: Researching the Potential for the Establishment of a Secure College in the Maltese Islands, Department of Criminology, University of Malta, Msida. Formosa S., (Ed), (2014), Future Preparedness: Thematic & Spatial Issues for the Environment & Sustainability, University of Malta, Msida and Malta Environment and Planning Authority, Floriana, Malta, ISBN: 978-99957-834-6-4 Formosa, S., Scicluna, S., and Azzopardi J., (Eds.) (2013). Realities of Crime, Society and Landuse in the Mediterranean: JANUS I, University of Malta, Msida, Malta ISBN: 978-99957-834-0-2 Scicluna, S., Formosa, S., and Azzopardi J., (Eds.) (2013). Indicators for Crime Prevention in the Mediterranean: JANUS II, University of Malta, Msida, Malta, ISBN: 978-99957-834-2-6 Azzopardi J., Formosa, S., Scicluna, S., and Willis, A., (Eds.) (2013). Key Issues in Criminology: JANUS III, University of Malta, Msida, Malta ISBN: 978-99957-834-4-0
An updated publications list can be found at: ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saviour_Formosa
Member of the University of Huddersfield ACC (Applied Criminology Centre) Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society UK with IBG MAGI – (Founder - Vice-Chair) – Malta Association of Geographic Information MACA – (Founder - President) – Malta Criminology Association Collaborating Scholar with the Islands & Small States Institute, University of Malta Member of the European Society of Criminology Member of the British Society of Criminology
Member of the Board of the Islands & Small States Institute, University of Malta Member of the Board of the Department of Criminology, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta
Latest Projects: SeCollege: Researching the Potential for the Establishment of a Secure College in the Maltese Islands Project Leader: ERDF project 156 “Developing National Environmental Monitoring Infrastructure and Capacity†Project Leader: ISEC Programme 2009 Action Grants Project: "JANUS: The Spatial and Socio-Physical Faces of Crime – a hotspot approach to crime mitigation" National Project Leader: ESPONTrain Project Expert: New-Bie, ESF 3110n - Service tender for the provision of socio-technical criminological research services as part of ESF 3110 Project: Better Future: Promoting an Equal and Inclusive Labour Market Project Expert: Merging statistics and geospatial information in Member States EUROSTAT GRANT FOR 2012, NSO Researcher: University of Malta Research Grant 2012/13 "SPATEMAP: Spatio temporal mapping of offenders records 2012" Researcher/Consultant: Inflowence, Enerscapes, Plan4Business, Med-Strategy, OSDDT-Med, Seatoland, Elih-Med, as part of FTZ Projects Researcher and Advisor at the Corradino Correctional Facility Malta
Previous Projects and Initiatives: Plan4All, Phoenix, DEDUCE, Third Country Nationals, Aarhus Twinning, SEIS, INSPIRE Directive Drafting, CLC1990-CLC2000-CLC2006, LUCAS, EURISY, SENSOR, SOER, ARGOS, Turtle dove quail surveys, Cartruts, Cultura 2000, EEA Effectiveness Survey, EEA translation services (SOE), ESPON Data Dictionary, IRENA (RDP), Polymetrex Plus, Intermetrex, Leonardo, TF Insitution Building (IB200x), EUROGI-GINI, DG REGIO feasibility study LAU2, Permitting and Monitoring Twinning Light Project...
International Representation: Contact Point: ESPON - European Spatial Planning Observatory Network National Focal Point: European Environment Agency Principal Contact: GEO/GEOSS - Global Earth Observation / Global Earth Observation System of Systems Committee: Copernicus/GMES - Global Monitoring for Environment and Security UoM representative for CeAS (Centre for advanced studies on terrorism and political violence)