“Einstein, agujeros negros y ondas gravitacionales” – Outreach talk by Gabriela González, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University , former spokeswoman and scientific leader of LIGO, the first experiment to detect Gravitational waves. The talk takes place at the Invisibles21 Workshop organized in the context of the Horizon 2020 funded project HIDDeN.

The talk by Prof. Andrea Ghez, Physics Nobel Prize 2020, about her discovery of the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, can be watched here at the IFT Youtube channel. The talk was part of the Invisibles 2021 workshop, organized by the Horizon 2020 funded project HIDDeN, at IFT, on June 4th 2021.

In this second event, we would like to bring your attention and raise a debate on the possible impact of the use of an inclusive language in science.  We would like to suggest the reading of a published research that analyzes the impact of the use of gender-neutral pronouns and explores this question with 3 experiments in Sweden, […]

IFT joins the celebration of the International Pride Day, and stands up for equal rights & fair treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex & queer people everywhere (UN Free & Equal) Because, at the IFT, we stand up for a world where we can all feel free and equal, no matter who we are […]

On April 2021 the IFT EDI committee launched an anonymous survey among permanent and non-permanent IFT researchers and PhD students to gauge how inequalities and other factors may affect the chances of reaching a doctorate level. The survey aimed to collect data concerning the cultural and socio-economic background of IFT members and draw an image […]

Viernes 24 de septiembre de 2021 - En colaboración con el Programa Estación Abierta de Adif, los centros del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) del campus de Cantoblanco celebramos la Noche Europea de los Investigadores e Investigadoras y el Año Europeo del Ferrocarril. Estaremos en el Jardín Tropical de la estación de Atocha. Hay […]

El Segundo Encuentro de Grupos de Igualdad de centros CSIC, organizado por el Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT UAM-CSIC), en coordinación con la Comisión Delegada de Igualdad y la Comisión Mujeres y Ciencia del CSIC, tendrá lugar el día 17 de noviembre de 2021 en el Salón de Actos del Centro de Física Teórica y […]

November 18 is the International day of LGTBIQA+ people in STEM. The date is symbolic of the anniversary of American Astronomer and gay activist Frank Kameny’s US Supreme Court fight against workplace discrimination, a fight that continues today worldwide.  This day has been selected to highlight the work and barriers of LGBTIQA+ people in science, technology, […]

¡Ni una menos! On the occasion of the commemoration of November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the IFT, through the EDI committee, joins the call for a minute of silence for all victims of gender violence, to publicly show the commitment to support all victims of gender-based violence. The concentration […]

Hoy, 3 de diciembre, es el Día Internacional de las Personas con Discapacidad y para conmemorarlo, el IFT abre hilo en twitter sobre Stephen Hawking, una de las figuras más emblemáticas de la Física Teórica, y de la Ciencia en general, en las últimas décadas. SEE MORE

Participa este 11F en #YoFisicaEnComic enviándonos tu comic, dibujo o mural a yofisica.ift@gmail.com Gracias a: Pilar Coloma Matilda Delgado Viviana Gammaldi Susana Hernández María José Herrero Natalie Hogg Sachiko Kuroyanagi Esperanza López Angie Moliné Maria Ramos Francesca ScarcellaIrene Valenzuela

Irene Valenzuela Agüí, Ramón y Cajal researcher at IFT, receives the Young Researcher Award in Theoretical Physics from the Spanish Royal Physics Society (RSEF) – BBVA Foundation, for “the high impact of her contributions in the study of the instabilities of non-supersymmetric models of string theory and their implications in Cosmology and Particle Physics. Her […]