Multiplicity and Underlying Event in ALICE: as measurements and as tools to probe QCD

With the high collision energies at the LHC, the contributions to particle production from hard-QCD processes increase, but it remains dominated by soft-QCD processes. Such processes challenge the theoretical models, since they are described by non-perturbative phenomenology. A selection of the most recent ALICE measurements of charged-particle multiplicities and the Underlying Event will be presented, focusing on model comparisons. A summary of the current understanding of soft-QCD processes will be discussed, evaluating possible ways to further constrain theory.With the high collision energies at the LHC, the contributions to particleproduction from hard-QCD processes increase, but it remains dominated by soft-QCD processes. Such processes challenge the theoretical models, since they aredescribed by non-perturbative phe-nomenology. A selection of the most recentALICE measurements of charged-particle mul-tiplicities and the Underlying Eventwill be presented, focusing on model comparisons. A summary of the currentunderstanding of soft-QCD processes will be discussed, evaluating possible waysto further constrain theory