This Summer School is aimed at advanced doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and junior researchers working in the field of high energy theory. It is the 2026 edition in a biennial series of Advanced Summer Schools in High Energy Theoretical Physics, which have been held traditionally in Cargèse or Les Houches. Recent developments in string theory, quantum gravity and quantum field theory will be reviewed in pedagogical fashion, along with emerging relations to quantum information, quantum many body systems, cosmology, etc.
Lecturers:
- Scott Collier, Syracuse University, USA
- Michael Douglas, Harvard University USA (TBC)
- Zohar Komargodski, Simons Center of Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook, USA
- Hong Liu, Massachussets Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
- Guilherme Pimentel, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
- Ashoke Sen, ICTS-TIFR, Bangalore, India
- Joaquin Turiaci, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Irene Valenzuela, CERN Geneva and Universitad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
- Pedro Vieira, Perimeter Inst. Theor. Phys. Canada and; ICTP-SAIFR, Sao Paulo Brasil (TBC)
- Sasha Zhiboedov, CERN Geneva
Organizing Committee:
- B. van Rees, Ecole Polytechnique, France
- J. de Boer, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- M. Guica, CERN and EPFL, Switzerland and IPhT, CEA/Saclay, France
- B. Pioline, LPTHE, Sorbonne Université, France
- J. Sonner, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- P. Tourkine, LAPTH, Annecy, France
- E. Verlinde, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Admistrative Organizer: Elena Gianolio, CERN
Applications:
The school can accommodate approximately 65 selected participants. PhD students and first-year postdocs should arrange for a letter of recommendation from their advisor to be sent to Cargese2026.references@cern.ch by March 20 (please ask them to indicate your name in the email subject). Registration is now closed, selected candidates will be notified by mid April.
Participants are expected to cover their own travel expenses. The registration fee is 650 Euros, covering accommodation on shared room basis, lunches and coffee breaks (single room accommodation is possible for additional 150 Euro fee). Funding is available on specific request (in the registration form).
