Activities

The Institute's scientific activities are centered around four to six main thematic programmes per year complemented by several workshops and individual lectures organized on short notice. Participation in thematic programmes and workshops is by invitation only.

To support the scientific education of graduate students and young researchers, the ESI regularly offers lecture courses at advanced graduate level held by so-called Senior Research Fellows. In addition, there are summer and winter schools in research areas of topical interest.

In 2012, the ESI has moreover initiated the Research in Teams programme offering individual visiting positions for teams of two to four researchers on application basis.

Since June 2016 the Junior Research Fellowship Programme supports external or local graduate students and recent postdocs.

For more information on the individual programmes and the application procedure, please select the activity you are interested in in the above menu.

On the right hand side you can find a list of all current and upcoming activities. To see the past activities, please use the link at the bottom.

Current and Upcoming

Free Boundary Problems Sept. 29, 2025 — Dec. 19, 2025 Thematic Programme
Fufa Beyene (Kotebe U of Education): The Cyclic Sieving Phenomenon (CSP) Oct. 10, 2025 — Dec. 8, 2025 Junior Research Fellow
Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective Nov. 24, 2025 — Nov. 28, 2025 Workshop
Research in Teams: Waves interacting with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Dec. 1, 2025 — Dec. 23, 2025 Research in Teams
Research in Teams: Towards q-characters for quantum affine symmetric pairs Jan. 11, 2026 — Jan. 24, 2026 Research in Teams
Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application Jan. 12, 2026 — Jan. 16, 2026 Workshop
The World in One Line – Schrödinger’s Equation Turns 100 Jan. 22, 2026 — Jan. 23, 2026 Symposium
Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) Jan. 26, 2026 — Jan. 30, 2026 Workshop
Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis Feb. 9, 2026 — Feb. 13, 2026 Workshop
Amplitudes and Algebraic Geometry Feb. 16, 2026 — March 27, 2026 Thematic Programme
Joachim Escher (Leibniz U of Hannover): Fluid Mechanics, covering Rotational Water Waves and Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities for Potential Flows March 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026 SRF Course
Research in Teams: Aperiodic Order and Complexity in Substitution Base Systems March 9, 2026 — May 10, 2026 Research in Teams
Research in Teams: Gabor frames in Higher Dimensions April 6, 2026 — May 5, 2026 Research in Teams
Benedict Leimkuhler (U of Edinburgh): Langevin Sampling Algorithms April 13, 2026 — May 31, 2026 SRF Course
Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications April 20, 2026 — June 5, 2026 Thematic Programme
Priyadarshini Pandit (Indian I of Technology Kanpur): May 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026 Junior Research Fellow
Research in Teams: Convergence of Lorentzian Spaces June 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026 Research in Teams
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory June 15, 2026 — July 17, 2026 Thematic Programme
New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders July 27, 2026 — Aug. 28, 2026 Thematic Programme
Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures Sept. 14, 2026 — Oct. 30, 2026 Thematic Programme
Microstructures in Materials Nov. 16, 2026 — Nov. 20, 2026 Workshop

Nov 24. 2025

Seventy Years of the Mathematical Physics of the Bose Gas Jan Philip Solovej (U of Copenhagen) Nov 24. 2025, 09:30 - 10:30 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Upper bound for Wu’s correction to the ground state energy of a dilute Bose gas Benjamin Schlein (U Zurich) Nov 24. 2025, 11:00 - 11:40 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
The free energy of dilute Bose gases at low temperature Arnaud Triay (LMU Munich) Nov 24. 2025, 11:45 - 12:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Exact solution of many-body problems using quantum Monte-Carlo: applications to ultracold atoms Stefano Giorgini (U of Trento) Nov 24. 2025, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Recent developments in the analysis of Bose gases at positive temperature. Andreas Deuchert (Virginia Tech) Nov 24. 2025, 15:30 - 16:10 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
About the observation of Bose-Einstein Condensation in Liquid 4^He Valentin Zagrebnov (U Aix-Marseille) Nov 24. 2025, 16:15 - 16:55 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).

Nov 25. 2025

The Charge Gap, the Neutral Gap, and Fractional Quantum Hall Systems. Bruno Nachtergaele (UC Davis) Nov 25. 2025, 09:00 - 09:40 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
DLR Equations for the Superstable Bose Gas at any Temperature and Activity David Dereudre (U of Lille) Nov 25. 2025, 09:45 - 10:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Tunnelling formulae for magnetic operators Soren Fournais (U of Copenhagen) Nov 25. 2025, 11:00 - 11:40 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
The Huang-Yang-conjecture for the low density Fermi gas Emanuela L. Giacomelli (U Milan) Nov 25. 2025, 11:45 - 12:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Damping of phonons at low temperature Jan Derezinski (U Warsaw) Nov 25. 2025, 14:45 - 15:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).

Nov 26. 2025

Gross-Pitaevskii equation for supersolids Mathieu Lewin (Paris-Dauphine) Nov 26. 2025, 09:00 - 09:40 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
BEC with optimal rate in the Gross-Pitaevskii Limit Christian Brennecke (U Bonn) Nov 26. 2025, 09:45 - 10:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Euclidean field theories as limit of interacting Bose gases Cristina Caraci (U of Geneva) Nov 26. 2025, 11:00 - 11:40 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Derivation of $\Phi^4_3$ theory from many-body quantum mechanics Phan Thanh Nam (LMU Munich) Nov 26. 2025, 11:45 - 12:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Long-time validity of Bogoliubov theory Simone Rademacher (LMU Munich) Nov 26. 2025, 14:00 - 14:40 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Third order correction to the ground state energy of a Bose gas in the Gross-Pitaevskii regime Alessandro Olgiati (Politecnico Milano) Nov 26. 2025, 14:45 - 15:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Stability of matter: The 50th anniversary of the Lieb--Thirring proof Rupert Frank (LMU Munich) Nov 26. 2025, 16:00 - 17:00 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).

Nov 27. 2025

Exchange Interactions and Cuprate Superconductivity Jean-Bernard Bru (U Basque Country) Nov 27. 2025, 09:00 - 09:40 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Truly macroscopic quantum systems: dark matter as Bose-Einstein condensates Tanja Rindler-Daller (U of Vienna) Nov 27. 2025, 09:45 - 10:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
The effective mass of the Fröhlich polaron at strong coupling Morris Brooks (U Zurich) Nov 27. 2025, 11:00 - 11:40 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Semiclassical analysis of mean-field type equations Chiara Saffirio (U of Basel) Nov 27. 2025, 11:45 - 12:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).

Nov 28. 2025

Hartree and magnetic Thomas-Fermi approximations for 2D anyons Nicolas Rougerie (ENS de Lyon) Nov 28. 2025, 09:00 - 09:40 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Impurities in the Fermi-Gas Peter Pickl (U Tübingen) Nov 28. 2025, 09:45 - 10:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).
Universality of the topological phase transition in the interacting Haldane model Alessandro Giuliani (U Roma III) Nov 28. 2025, 11:45 - 12:25 Part of Quantum Many-body Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Mathematical Physics Perspective (Workshop).

Jan 26. 2026

Can we predict wavelength changes in models for banded vegetation patterns? Lukas Eigentler (U Warwick) Jan 26. 2026, 09:30 - 10:00 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).
Surviving the winds through pattern formation Toyo Vignal (Okinawa IST) Jan 26. 2026, 10:00 - 10:30 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).
Diffusion of the Dead – The mathematics of zombie invasion. Thomas Woolley (Cardiff U) Jan 26. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).

Jan 27. 2026

Mean-fields limits and the multiscale approach to cell movements Roberto Natalini (CNR-IAC) Jan 27. 2026, 11:00 - 11:30 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).
Phenotype-structured PDE models for chemotaxis self-organisation. Kevin Painter (Politecnico, Torino) Jan 27. 2026, 14:30 - 15:00 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).

Jan 28. 2026

Segregation and instabilities in a Lotka–Volterra competition model with diffusion and avoidance Gaetana Gambino (UniPa) Jan 28. 2026, 09:30 - 10:00 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).
Communicating Across Boundaries via Interactive Simulations Andrew Krause (Durham U) Jan 28. 2026, 11:00 - 11:30 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).

Jan 29. 2026

Singular limits for PDE in biology Bao Quoc Tang (U of Graz) Jan 29. 2026, 14:00 - 14:30 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).

Jan 30. 2026

How spatial patterns can lead to less resilient ecosystems David Pinto-Ramos (HZDR) Jan 30. 2026, 09:30 - 10:00 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).
Aggregation-diffusion in heterogeneous environments Jonathan Potts (U of Sheffield) Jan 30. 2026, 10:00 - 10:30 Part of Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) (Workshop).

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