Summer School on String Theory and
Summer School on Gravitational Waves
31 July - 10 August, 2025
On the theory and phenomenology tracks of PSI, we are organizing two schools in parallel—one on String Theory and the other on Gravitational Waves.
The aim: The schools aim to provide intensive and thorough courses on a broad range of topics in the fields of string theory and gravitational waves. The schools will not be limited to lectures but will also include daily discussion sessions, problem-solving, and independent work.
For whom: The school is intended for early graduate (MSc / junior PhD) students from all around the world. We will also consider motivated applications from senior undergraduates, as well as more senior PhD students. Students from the Balkans region/Southeast Europe are especially encouraged to apply.
By whom: Lectures will be given by postdocs and senior researchers, while problem-solving sessions and project work will be tutored by senior PhD students. The lecturers will come from various European institutions.
String Theory
Topics
- Why String Theory?
- Bosonic Strings
- Conformal Field Theory
- String Interactions
- D-branes and Dualities
- AdS/CFT
- Black Holes in String Theory
Lecturers
- Jose Calderon-Infante (CERN)
- Mihailo Čubrović (IPB, Belgrade)
- Vladan Đukić (IPB, Belgrade)
- Maurizio Firrotta (University of Crete)
- Alessandra Gnecchi (INFN, Padua)
- Ruben Monten (CERN)
- Danijel Obrić (IPB, Belgrade)
- Matthew Roberts (University of Iceland)
- Marko Simonović (University of Florence)
- Marija Tomašević (University of Amsterdam)
Gravitational Waves
Topics
- Review of General Relativity
- Black Holes
- Compact Objects
- GW Detection, Data Analysis and Astrophysics
- Cosmological Sources of GWs
- BH Perturbation Theory
- Effective Field Theory Methods in GW Physics
Lecturers
- Enrico Barausse (SISSA, Trieste)
- Mateja Bošković (DESY, Hamburg)
- Branislav Cvetković (IPB, Belgrade)
- Daniel Figueroa (IFIC, Valencia)
- Rafael Porto (DESY, Hamburg)
- Borna Salehian (ETH, Zürich)
- Nikola Savić (IPhT, Saclay)