Eleanor Scerri

 Eleanor Scerri
  • Archaeology

Areas of Expertise:
Archaeological science; Human evolution; Climate change;
Modelling; Biogeography

Membership:
2019 - 2024

Contact

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Germany

Kahlaische Str. 10
07745 Jena
Germany

+49 3641 686 971
scerri(at)shh.mpg.de
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About me

AGYA serves as a major hub for scientists based in Germany and the Arab world.


Academic career
2020 - todayAffiliated Member of the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne, Germany
2020 - todayAffiliated Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta, Malta
2019 - todayW2 Independent Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany
2018 - 2019Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany
2014 - 2018British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford, UK
2013 - 2014Fyssen Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bordeaux, France
2013University of York Writing Prize, UK
2009 - 2013Ph.D., University of Southampton, UK
2007 - 2008Visiting Student at Chemnitz University/Germany
2005 - 2007Master Student at Fayoum University/Egypt
2001 - 2003M.A., University of Southampton, UK
1996 - 2000B.A. (Hons), University of Malta, Malta

 

My Commitment to AGYA
Former Member in Charge of the Working Group 'Common Heritage' (2019-2020)
Selection Committee 'New AGYA Members' (2020)

On a personal note

Must read in my discipline:
The Revolution that Wasn’t: A New Interpretation of the Origin of Modern Human Behavior by S. McBrearty and A. Brooks

Favourite novel:
Wild Spell of Summer by Francis Ebejer

The scientist from my country you should know:
Edward De Bono, Philosophy