Prof Enrico R Crema

I am interested in supervising and working with PhD students who share similar methodological, theoretical, and contextual questions that I have. Whilst these broadly cover the application and development of quantitative & computational methods, cultural evolutionary research, and Japanese archaeology, I strongly recommend prospective applicants read my profile and outputs and think about specific topics that can be of shared interest. I need to know why you want to work with me specifically and that you are not just interested in having a Cambridge degree. If you are just planning to apply standard statistical and computational methods, I could potentially be part of the advisory team, but you will need to find a primary supervisor to cover the theoretical and contextual aspects of your project. I expect candidates to have a solid background in statistical inference and good computer coding skills in R, Python, or similar. If you are primarily interested in working on Japanese archaeology, I will expect some degree of linguistic proficiency that demonstrates that you are able to read and extract information from publications in Japanese.