Higher Structures in QFT and String Theory

A Virtual Conference for Junior Researchers

12. 07. 2021 – 16. 07. 2021

The conference aims at bringing together young people pursuing research at the intersection of theoretical and mathematical physics. The talks will take place on Zoom, and will be followed by extended coffee breaks on gather.town - a virtual platform for social interactions and scientific discussions.


Another important aim is to create new (and strengthen already existing) bridges between physics and mathematics. This is especially important for the younger generation of researchers, since the two fields are becoming more and more entangled. In particular, the first part of each talk should be made comprehensive to a broad audience of participants.


The videos of the plenary talks can be found either embedded on this website or on our YouTube channel JrQFTConf2021.


Registration has been extended until 26. 06. 2021. The conference is free of charge.


Make sure to register, if you work in one of the following or related topics!

  • BRST and BV(-BFV) methods

  • Dualities in String and M-theory

  • TQFT, AQFT, and CFT

  • Perturbative Methods in QFT

  • Derived Methods in Field Theory

  • Functorial Field Theory

  • Factorization Algebras and Factorization Homology

  • Gauge Theory

  • Quantum Gravity

  • Integrable Systems

Speakers include:

  • Nezhla Aghaei (University of Southern Denmark)

  • Thiago Araujo (University of Bern)

  • Alex S. Arvanitakis (VUB, Brussels)

  • Giovanni Canepa (University of Zurich)

  • Nicola Capacci (University of Zurich)

  • Nicola Dondi (University of Bern)

  • Elba Garcia-Failde (IRIF, Paris)

  • Albin Grataloup (University of Montpellier)

  • Ondrej Hulik (VUB, Brussels)

  • Eilind Karlsson (TU Munich)


  • Bob Knighton (ETH Zurich)

  • Lukas Müller (MPI Bonn)

  • Andrea Nützi (ETH Zurich)

  • Lada Peksová (MPI Bonn)

  • Ján Pulmann (University of Geneva)

  • Eugene Rabinovich (UC Berkeley)

  • Gabriele Rembado (Hausdorff Center, Bonn)

  • Fiona Seibold (Imperial College London)

  • Pelle Steffens (University of Montpellier)

  • Konstantin Wernli (University of Southern Denmark)


Organized by

Corina Keller (University of Montpellier)

Nima Moshayedi (University of Zurich)

Elise Raphael (University of Geneva)

Fridrich Valach (Imperial College London)

Donald Ray Youmans (University of Bern)

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