Topological and Homological Methods in Group Theory 2026

This is the fifth instalment of the THGT conference series. As its predecessors, the conference takes place in Bielefeld in spring, and as before it welcomes researchers studying groups through their interactions with topology and homology, as well as people interested in entering the subject.

Organisers: Benjamin Brück, Kai-Uwe Bux, Hermes Lajoinie-Dodel and Stefan Witzel.

Contact / Mail: thgt26@math.uni-bielefeld.de

THIS CONFERENCE IS SUPPORTED BY

Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) -- SFB-TRR 358/1 2023 -- 491392403

This conference has received funding from the European Union (ERC, SATURN, 101076148)

Invited Speakers

Herbert Abels
Tara Brendle
Ilaria Castellano
Laura Ciobanu (tbc)
Steffen Kionke
Nicolas Monod
Andy Putman
Ric Wade
Henry Wilton

Programme

The conference dinner will be at TBA.

Abstracts

Herbert Abels

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Tara Brendle

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Ilaria Castellano

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Laura Ciobanu (tbc)

Steffen Kionke

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Nicolas Monod

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Andy Putman

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Ric Wade

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Henry Wilton

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Participants

Aboobacker, Anshid (BITS Pilani)
Aylaian, Ezra (Duke University)
Bischof, Sebastian (Paderborn University)
Biswas, Gargi (University of Oxford)
Boß, Hannah (Universität Bonn)
Brevidelli Garcia, Thiago (Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse)
Brück, Benjamin (Universität Münster)
Bux, Kai-Uwe (Universität Bielefeld)
Chałupnik, Marcin (University of Warsaw)
Corveleyn, Robynn (UCLouvain)
de Santana Santos, Janaina (USP - Universidade de São Paulo)
Elaouny, Oumaima (ENS Casablanca , Hassan II University )
Fisher, Samuel (ICMAT)
Flores Martínez, Eduardo (University of Southampton)
Fruchter, Jonathan (University of Bonn)
García-Mejía, Jerónimo (University of Warwick)
Gheorghiu, Max (HHU Düsseldorf)
Giersbach, Sebastian (JLU Gießen)
Gómez Gutiérrez, Daniel (Universidad de Sevilla)
González González, Alba (University of Oxford)
Grego, Maroš (Charles University, Prague)
HARMALI, SALMA (Hassan II University of Casablanca)
Herron, Amy (University of Bristol)
Hill , Thomas (University of Utah)
Hüttemann, Thomas (Queen's University Belfast)
Jones, Oli (Technische Universität Berlin)
Kerti, Lars-Lennert (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Klinge, Kevin (Heidelberg University)
Kornev, Mikhail (Steklov Mathematical Institute)
Krzysztoń, Jakub (University of Wrocław)
Kuanyshov, Nursultan (SDU University )
Lajoinie-Dodel, Hermès (Universität Bielefeld)
Lederle, Waltraud (Universität Bielefeld)
Lehner, Georg (University of Munster)
Lewis, Tudur (University of Bristol)
Li, Kevin (Freie Universität Berlin)
López Neumann , Antonio (IMJ-PRG)
Lustig, Martin (Aix-Marseille Université, I2M)
MAAYANE, Fatima (ENS Casablanca, Hassan II University of Casablanca)
Mahnig, Hans (Sorbonne université- IMJ-PRG)
Mittal, Tejas (University of Oxford)
Morales, Ismael (MPIM Bonn)
Ng, Andrew (Universität Bonn)
Otmen, Nowras (Università degli Studi di Padova)
PAUCAR ROJAS, RINA ROXANA (UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA (UNI))
Paul, Arlette (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)
Pavlova, Daria (Charles University)
Praderio Bova, Marco (TU Dresden)
Quintanilha, José Pedro (Universität Heidelberg)
Rago, Grazia (Università di Bologna)
Raj, Ajay (Parul University, Vadodara, India)
Ramos, Bruno (University of São Paulo)
Sabri, Khadidja (University of Oran. Algeria)
Sadovek, Nikola (MPI CBG Dresden)
Samanta, Sandip (IISER Kolkata)
Sánchez-Peralta, Pablo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Saraf, Deepanshi (IISER Tirupati)
Schillewaert, Jeroen (University of Auckland)
Schillewaert, Jeroen (University of Auckland)
Schutte, Baylee (Freie Universität Berlin)
Shemy, Gahl (University of Michigan)
Shepherd, Sam (Universität Münster)
Shukla, Kumar Sannidhya (University of Western Ontario)
Solomadin, Grigory (PU Marburg)
Thilmany, François (KU Leuven)
Thomas, William (University of Oxford)
Vasilev, Ivan (University of Munster)
Verissimo Leal Gonçalves, Thiago (University of São Paulo)
Verissimo Leal Gonçalves, Thiago (University of São Paulo)
Vítek, Tomáš (Charles University)
Weigel, Thomas (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Weis, Jannis (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)
Witzel, Stefan (JLU Gießen)
Wunden, Frederik (University of Galway)
Wykowski, Julian (University of Cambridge)
Yatsyna, Sofiya (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Zhou, Zixiang (epfl)

Previous editions

Topological and homological methods in group theory 2024

Topological and homological methods in group theory 2022

Topological and homological methods in group theory 2018

Topological and homological methods in group theory 2016

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