Upcoming and current events
A list of current and forthcoming events can be found below.
- Specific types of events or seminar series may also be viewed by clicking on the event categories or via the menu.
- iCalendar feeds are also available on the pages for each event category.
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
The statistical physics of nonequilibria
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 9th December 2025
- Speaker: Ken A. Dill (Stony Brook University)
- Location: Online - see email.
Particle Physics Theory seminar
11am - 12pm: Infrared singularities and the collinear limits of multi-leg scattering amplitudes
- Event time: 10:30am until 12:30pm
- Event date: 10th December 2025
- Speaker: Sebastian Jaskiewicz (University of Bern)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Particle Physics Theory seminar
1pm - 2pm: TBA
- Event time: 3:30pm until 5:30pm
- Event date: 15th December 2025
- Speaker: Oleg Antipin (Rudjer Boskovic Institute)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Condensed Matter seminar
ICMCS seminar - Edwin Rodriguez Dzul (title tbc)
- Event time: 4:00pm until 5:00pm
- Event date: 15th December 2025
- Speaker: Edwin Rodriguez Dzul (School of Physics & Astronomy)
- Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) 2511 James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Particle Physics Theory seminar
1pm - 2pm: TBA
- Event time: 12:30pm until 2:30pm
- Event date: 17th December 2025
- Speaker: Christian Fischer (Giessen University)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
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General event
New Directions in Theoretical Physics 5 Conference
- Event time: Starts on 6th January 2026. Runs until 9th January 2026
- Event dates: 6th January 2026 to 9th January 2026
- Location: Lecture 4, Appleton Tower
General event
Public Lecture by Sir Steven Cowley - "Fusion energy: when?"
- Event time: 5:45pm until 8:30pm
- Event date: 6th January 2026
- Speaker: Sir Steven Cowley (PPPL)
- Location: G.03, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LH
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 13th January 2026
- Speaker: Silvio Franz (Università del Salento)
- Location: Online - see email.
Particle Physics Theory seminar
1pm - 2pm: TBA
- Event time: 12:30pm until 2:30pm
- Event date: 14th January 2026
- Speaker: Stefan Sint (Trinity College Dublin)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
EDI open lunchtime meeting
An outsider’s tale in academia: the power of being different
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 15th January 2026
- Speaker: Jason Gill (University of Glasgow)
Entrepreneurship event
Masterclass with Ben Panter (Founder of Blackford)
- Event time: 9:30am until 10:30am
- Event date: 19th January 2026
- Speaker: Ben Panter (Founder of Blackford)
- Location: CSEC Seminar Room (level 3, behind Magnet Cafe)
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
Phenotypic plasticity shapes biofilm’s structure and fluid transport enhancing resilience to antibiotics
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 20th January 2026
- Speaker: Diana Fusco (University of Cambridge)
- Location: Online - see email.
Particle Physics Theory seminar
1pm - 2pm: TBA
- Event time: 12:30pm until 2:30pm
- Event date: 21st January 2026
- Speaker: Mia West (University of Florida)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 27th January 2026
- Speaker: Łukasz Kuśmierz (Allen Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA)
- Location: Online - see email.
EDI open lunchtime meeting
Surviving and Thriving as a First-Year Physicist
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 29th January 2026
- Speaker: William Stafford (School of Physics & Astronomy)
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 3rd February 2026
- Speaker: Marc Mézard (Bocconi University)
- Location: Online - see email invite.
Entrepreneurship event
Masterclass with Prantar Tamuli (Founding Director of Tattva)
- Event time: 9:30am until 10:30am
- Event date: 9th February 2026
- Speaker: Prantar Tamuli (Tattva)
- Location: CSEC Seminar Room (level 3, behind Magnet Cafe)
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 10th February 2026
- Speaker: Manas Kulkarni (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Bangalore)
- Location: Online - see email.
Particle Physics Theory seminar
1pm - 2pm: TBA
- Event time: 12:30pm until 2:30pm
- Event date: 18th February 2026
- Speaker: Stefan Weinzierl (Uni Mainz)
- Location: Room 4325B, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 24th February 2026
- Speaker: Remi Monasson (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris)
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 3rd March 2026
- Speaker: Mehran Kardar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Location: Online - see email.
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 10th March 2026
- Speaker: Vittoria Sposini (University of Padova)
- Location: Online - see email.
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 17th March 2026
- Speaker: P K Mohanty (IISER Kolkata)
- Location: Online - see email.
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 31st March 2026
- Speaker: Jean-Philippe Bouchaud (École Normale Supérieure and Capital Fund Management)
- Location: Online - see email invite.
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
TBD
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 26th May 2026
- Speaker: Luca Angelani (CNR - Institute for Complex Systems, Rome)
- Location: Online - see email.
Entrepreneurship event
Masterclass with Sonia Trigueros (Founder/ Director of NIVD World)
- Event time: 9:30am until 10:30am
- Event date: 8th June 2026
- Speaker: Sonia Trigueros (NIVD)
- Location: CSEC Seminar Room (level 3, behind Magnet Cafe)