Starts 27 Jul 2026
Ends 31 Jul 2026
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Joint ICTP-SGS Princeton School on Science and Global Security | (smr 4311)
ICTP
Strada Costiera, 11
I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
The call for applications is now open. Please click on 'Apply Here' on the left.
The Princeton School on Science and Global Security invites applications from next-generation scientists and engineers interested in technical and policy perspectives on understanding, reducing, and ending the threats created by nuclear weapons and emerging technologies.
The School includes talks by leading disarmament scientists and global security policy experts. It provides skills and insights for participants for their research, encourages investigation of new ideas for a safer, more peaceful, and just world, and fosters a broader research community. Organized by the Princeton Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), the School is being held together with ICTP for the first time.
All participants must give a technical talk on issues related to nuclear weapons or emerging technologies in the context of global security and disarmament. Applicants should be graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, or junior faculty in natural or applied sciences, engineering, or mathematics. Applicants of every gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability status, and socioeconomic status are encouraged. SGS will notify successful applicants by May 2026.
Topics
- Nuclear weapon effects, impacts of nuclear testing and nuclear war
- Impacts of emerging and dual technologies (quantum computing, space-based systems, artificial intelligence, and robotics) on nuclear weapon risks and global security
- Nuclear weapons, reactors, and military activities in space
- Missiles, hypersonics, drones, and missile defenses
- Verification of nuclear warheads, delivery systems, and nuclear weapon programs
- Nuclear archeology, forensics, monitoring and safeguarding of fissile materials
- Safety and monitoring of nuclear reactors and nuclear weapon facilities
Speakers
Frank von Hippel, Princeton, USA
Stewart Prager, Princeton, USA
Igor Moric, Princeton, USA
David Wright, MIT, USA
Sébastien Philippe, University of Wisconsin, USA
Sharon Weiner, American University, USA
Moritz Kütt, Hamburg University, Germany
Research Abstracts: In the application form, applicants must submit a 200-word abstract of their proposed presentation. Please use ICTP templates available for download below under ‘Abstract Template’.
Grants: Cost of travel, visa, accommodation, and meals are covered by the organizers for participants. There is no registration fee.
Organizers
Alexander Glaser (Princeton University), Ryan Manzuk (Princeton University), Zia Mian (Princeton University), Julia Georgiana (Princeton University), Geralyn McDermott (Princeton University), Local Organiser: Ralf Kaiser (ICTP)