13th International Conference on the Exact Renormalization Group (ERG2026)
1 - 5 September 2026, University of Sussex, UK.
The biennial ERG conference series brings together scientists from around the world who specialise in applications of the exact or functional renormalisation group to understand physical phenomena from weak to strong coupling.
The event has grown to cover a wide range of research areas in theoretical physics including critical and quantum critical phenomena, gauge theories, strongly correlated fermions, particle physics, model building, nuclear and statistical physics, quantum theories of gravity, non-equilibrium dynamics, machine learning and AI, and more.
The list of invited plenary speakers include
Yuto Ashida (Tokyo)
Ginestra Bianconi (London)*
Laura Classen (Stuttgart)
Nicolo Defenu (Zurich)
Gerald Dunne (Connecticut)*
Kevin Falls (Montevideo)
Gergely Fejös (Budapest)
Massimiliano Gubinelli (Oxford)
Igor Herbut (Vancouver)
Christopher Herzog (London)
Chris Hooley (Coventry)
Friederike Ihssen (Bochum)
Lennart Klebl (Würzburg)
Yannick Kluth (Toronto)
Benjamin Knorr (Heidelberg)
Chiu Fan Lee (London)
Marc Schiffer (Nijmegen)
Fabian Rennecke (Giessen)
Vladimir Rosenhaus (New York)
Neil Turok (Edinburgh)
Lingxao Wang (Tokyo)
Roman Zwicky (Edinburgh)
and more (*tbc).
A principal goal of the conference is to foster collaboration, to enable a fruitful exchange of knowledge, ideas, and expertise, and to strengthen the communication amongst different communities and practitioners of quantum field theory. The event provides ample space to highlight recent progress and to discuss areas of wider topical interest, and new directions.
The conference starts on Tue 1 Sep in the morning, and arrival on Mon 30 Aug is encouraged. The conference ends on Sat 5 Sep midday to allow for travel. Please notice that Mon 31 Aug is a nation-wide holiday in the UK.
Talks and Poster Session
We invite the submission of abstracts for contributed talks and poster presentations. Submissions prior to 17 May 2026 will receive full consideration.
A dedicated poster session will be held at the start of the conference with prizes for best posters sponsored by Europhysics Letters (a letter journal exploring the frontiers of physics).
Conference Fee and Registration
The conference fee is set at 195£ (245£) for students and 310£ (360£) for non-students for registration before (after) the 1 June 26. The conference fee includes a welcome reception, conference dinner, excursion, coffee breaks, infrastructure, and more. The registration and collection of fees are organised through the Institute of Physics (IoP): Registration.
Accommodation
We have secured subsidised accommodation on campus (40£ per night), on campus B&B (78 GBP per night), and discounted rates for various hotels in the city centre. Please follow the accommodation link for details.
This is the first instalment of the conference in the UK. Links to previous instalments can be found here:
ERG2024 (Les Diablerets, Switzerland)
ERG2022 (Berlin, Germany)
ERG2020 (Kyoto, Japan)
ERG2018 (Paris, France)
ERG2016 (Trieste, Italy)
ERG2014 (Lefkada, Greece)
ERG2012 (Aussois, France)
ERG2010 (Corfu, Greece)
ERG2008 (Heidelberg, Germany)
ERG2006 (Lefkada, Greece)
ERG2000 (Rome, Italy)
ERG1998 (Faro, Portugal)
International Advisory Committee
M. Birse (Manchester), J. P. Blaizot (Saclay), L. Canet (Grenoble), B. Delamotte (Paris), A. Eichhorn (Heidelberg), T. Kunihiro (Kyoto), D. F. Litim (Sussex), W. Metzner (Stuttgart), N. Ohta (Osaka MU), R. Percacci (Trieste), M. Salmhofer (Heidelberg), N. Tetradis (Athens), C. Wetterich (Heidelberg).
Organising Committee
Daniel Litim (Sussex), Peter Millington (Manchester), Manuel Reichert (Sussex), Michael Scherer (Bochum).
Sponsors
This event is supported by
Endorsements
We acknowledge the endorsement by the following IOP special interest groups:
High Energy Physics | Mathematical and Theoretical Physics | Nuclear Physics | Astroparticle Physics | Theory of Condensed Matter | Low Temperature | Biological Physics | Quantum Optics, Quantum Information and Quantum Control
