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 annual five-day Princeton School on Science and Global Security trains next-generation scientists and engineers to better engage with technical and policy perspectives on understanding, reducing, and ending the threats created by nuclear weapons and emerging technologies.
The School offers presentations by leading disarmament scientists and nuclear weapons 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 and launched in 2020, the School is being held together with ICTP for the first time.
Participants, ideally, 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. Each participant must give a technical talk on a nuclear weapons or emerging technologies in the context of global security and disarmament issues.
The School offers presentations by leading disarmament scientists and nuclear weapons 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 and launched in 2020, the School is being held together with ICTP for the first time.
Participants, ideally, 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. Each participant must give a technical talk on a nuclear weapons or emerging technologies in the context of global security and disarmament issues.
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 program
- Nuclear archeology, forensics, monitoring and safeguarding of fissile materials
- Safety and monitoring of nuclear reactors and nuclear weapon facilities
Speakers
F. v. Hippel, Princeton, USA
A. Glaser, Princeton, USA
S. Prager, Princeton, USA
R. Manzuk, Princeton, USA
I. Moric, Princeton, USA
Z. Mian, Princeton, USA
D. Wright, MIT, USA
S. Philippe, University of Wisconsin, USA
S. Weiner, American University, Germany
M. Kütt, Hamburg University, Germany
F. v. Hippel, Princeton, USA
A. Glaser, Princeton, USA
S. Prager, Princeton, USA
R. Manzuk, Princeton, USA
I. Moric, Princeton, USA
Z. Mian, Princeton, USA
D. Wright, MIT, USA
S. Philippe, University of Wisconsin, USA
S. Weiner, American University, Germany
M. Kütt, Hamburg University, Germany
Research Abstracts: In the application form, applicants can submit a brief research abstract for a talk presentation. Please use ICTP templates available for download below under 'Abstract Template'.
Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. 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)