School


02 Feb, 2026 - 13 Feb, 2026

SFT 2026 - Lectures on Statistical Field Theories

APPLY deadline: 15 Nov, 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 fifty 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): Large deviations of non-equilibrium diffusive systems
Jérôme Dubail (Université de Strasbourg): An introduction to 2d CFT for stat-phys and cond-mat students
Gregory Falkovich (Weizmann Institute of Science): Introduction to Information Theory
Paul Fendley (University of Oxford): The basics of non-invertible symmetries and dualities
Maria Vozmediano (ICM - CSIC, Madrid): Thermal transport, geometry, and anomalies

Organizers

Vincenzo Alba (University of Pisa)
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)
Pasquale Calabrese (SISSA, Trieste)
Andrea Cappelli (INFN, Florence)
Filippo Colomo (INFN, Florence)
Fabian Essler (University of Oxford)
Giuseppe Mussardo (SISSA, Trieste)

Local organizers

Andrea Cappelli, Filippo Colomo

Contact

andrea.cappelli@fi.infn.it

Website: https://agenda.infn.it/event/50555/

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Talks
Date Speaker Title Type Useful Links
02 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Bernard Derrida Large deviations of non-equilibrium diffusive systems (Lecture I) Lecture
03 Feb, 2026 - 10:00-11:00 Bernard Derrida Large deviations of non-equilibrium diffusive systems (Lecture II) Lecture
03 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Gregory Falkovich The physical nature of information (Lecture I) Lecture
04 Feb, 2026 - 10:00-11:00 Gregory Falkovich The physical nature of information (Lecture II) Lecture
04 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Bernard Derrida Large deviations of non-equilibrium diffusive systems (Lecture III) Lecture
05 Feb, 2026 - 10:00-11:00 Bernard Derrida Large deviations of non-equilibrium diffusive systems (Lecture IV) Lecture
05 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Gregory Falkovich The physical nature of information (Lecture III) Lecture
05 Feb, 2026 - 15:30-16:30 Jérôme Dubail An introduction to 2d CFT for stat-phys and cond-mat students (Lecture I) Lecture
06 Feb, 2026 - 10:00-11:00 Jérôme Dubail An introduction to 2d CFT for stat-phys and cond-mat students (Lecture II) Lecture
06 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Bernard Derrida Large deviations of non-equilibrium diffusive systems (Lecture V) Lecture
09 Feb, 2026 - 10:00-11:00 Jérôme Dubail An introduction to 2d CFT for stat-phys and cond-mat students (Lecture III) Lecture
09 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Maria Vozmediano Thermal transport, geometry, and anomalies (Lecture I) Lecture
10 Feb, 2026 - 10:00-11:00 Maria Vozmediano Thermal transport, geometry, and anomalies (Lecture II) Lecture
10 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Jérôme Dubail An introduction to 2d CFT for stat-phys and cond-mat students (Lecture IV) Lecture
11 Feb, 2026 - 10:00-11:00 Jérôme Dubail An introduction to 2d CFT for stat-phys and cond-mat students (Lecture V) Lecture
11 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Paul Fendley The basics of non-invertible symmetries and dualities (Lecture I) Lecture
12 Feb, 2026 - 10:00-11:00 Maria Vozmediano Thermal transport, geometry, and anomalies (Lecture III) Lecture
12 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Paul Fendley The basics of non-invertible symmetries and dualities (Lecture II) Lecture
13 Feb, 2026 - 10:00-11:00 Paul Fendley The basics of non-invertible symmetries and dualities (Lecture III) Lecture
13 Feb, 2026 - 12:00-13:00 Maria Vozmediano Thermal transport, geometry, and anomalies (Lecture IV) Lecture
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