Currently Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the Pompeu Fabra University and a BSE (Barcelona School of Economics) Research Professor. His research is on the interface of applications of statistics in behavioural and social sciences and economics, especially the analysis of structural equation models (SEMs, systems that involve latent variables and simultaneous equations), a topic to which he has contributed with numerous articles in leading journals. Albert’s educational background was in mathematics and statistics. He landed in psychometrics driven by his concern about the need for improved methods for model evaluation and robust inferences in SEMs. In the early 80s, Albert...