Since Anderson's work in 1958, a huge research activity has been devoted to understand the effects of disorder in various quantum systems, from superconductors to cold atoms. Recently, many-body localization has been highly debated, as it challenges a number of key concepts such as thermalization or ergodicity. Glasses are another example where disorder leads to a breaking of ergodicity. Understanding these systems has led to the development of very innovative theories, which were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2021, and have found applications for example in optimization and biology. Despite their apparent similarity, these two areas of research have exchanged few ideas and methods. The goal of this thematic school is to present the key concepts and methods of these two areas and the established analogies between them, in order to stimulate cross-fertilization.

The school aims to foster interactions among researchers while providing students with a solid and advanced knowledge from the basics to the latest developments on these two central problems in statistical physics and condensed matter theory.

The format of the school will consist of long lectures in the morning, followed by a few seminars in the afternoon. The aim of the lectures is to provide a general introduction to the subject (from basic to recent developments). The afternoon seminars will cover current research topics. Two poster sessions are scheduled as well. The detailed schedule can be found here.