School
SFT 2026 - Lectures on Statistical Field Theories
Feb 02, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026Apply (deadline: Nov 15, 2025 )
Abstract
The aim of the school is to bring together PhD students with interests in low-dimensional quantum field theory, conformal field theory and integrable models, and their applications to statistical mechanics and condensed matter systems, and to help them build a solid and specialized background on these topics. The school provides a range of postgraduate courses covering introductory topics as well as recent developments.
Lectures are scheduled for four hours each morning, for a total amount of forty hours, over two weeks. Presentations are given at the blackboard. The afternoon is devoted to exercises, study, and discussions with lecturers and senior participants. A desk and standard research facilities are provided to all participants.
The school can admit up to forty participants. Accommodation for two weeks in shared rooms can be provided for a total price of approximately 500 €. Financial support for this accommodation may be granted upon request.
The admitted participants will be contacted by GGI secretariat at the end of December.
The courses can be included in the the Ph.D. curricula of Italian universities and abroad. If necessary, exams on the courses can be taken.
Topics
Bernard Derrida (Collège de France): Macroscopic fluctuation theory
Jérôme Dubail (Université de Strasboug): An introduction to Conformal Field Theory
Gregory Falkovich (Weizmann Institute of Science): Quantum information theory: an introduction
Paul Fendley (University of Oxford): Non-invertible symmetries
Maria Vozmediano (ICM - CSIC, Madrid): Thermal transport, geometry, and anomalies
The aim of the school is to bring together PhD students with interests in low-dimensional quantum field theory, conformal field theory and integrable models, and their applications to statistical mechanics and condensed matter systems, and to help them build a solid and specialized background on these topics. The school provides a range of postgraduate courses covering introductory topics as well as recent developments.
Lectures are scheduled for four hours each morning, for a total amount of forty hours, over two weeks. Presentations are given at the blackboard. The afternoon is devoted to exercises, study, and discussions with lecturers and senior participants. A desk and standard research facilities are provided to all participants.
The school can admit up to forty participants. Accommodation for two weeks in shared rooms can be provided for a total price of approximately 500 €. Financial support for this accommodation may be granted upon request.
The admitted participants will be contacted by GGI secretariat at the end of December.
The courses can be included in the the Ph.D. curricula of Italian universities and abroad. If necessary, exams on the courses can be taken.
Topics
Bernard Derrida (Collège de France): Macroscopic fluctuation theory
Jérôme Dubail (Université de Strasboug): An introduction to Conformal Field Theory
Gregory Falkovich (Weizmann Institute of Science): Quantum information theory: an introduction
Paul Fendley (University of Oxford): Non-invertible symmetries
Maria Vozmediano (ICM - CSIC, Madrid): Thermal transport, geometry, and anomalies
Previous editions
Organizers
Vincenzo Alba (University of Pisa)
Pasquale Calabrese (SISSA, Trieste)
Jerome Dubail (CNRS and University of Strasbourg)
Cristiane de Morais Smith (University of Utrecht)
Andrea Trombettoni (University of Trieste)
Advisory board
Denis Bernard (ENS, Paris)
Andrea Cappelli (INFN, Florence)
Filippo Colomo (INFN, Florence)
Fabian Essler (University of Oxford)
Giuseppe Mussardo (SISSA, Trieste)
Local organizer
Andrea Cappelli, Filippo Colomo
Contact
andrea.cappelli@fi.infn.it
filippo.colomo@fi.infn.it