Horizons, Singularities and Censorship in Gravitational Collapse
Horizons, Singularities and Censorship in Gravitational Collapse
Horizons, Singularities and Censorship in Gravitational Collapse

The Horizons, Singularities and Censorship in Gravitational Collapse Workshop will be held at Instituto Superior Técnico from 13th-16th July 2026.

About:

Gravitational collapse remains one of the most fascinating problems in physics. Despite sustained progress over decades, the precise nature of the end state of collapse and the status of the various formulations of the cosmic censorship hypothesis continue to raise deep conceptual, mathematical, and physical challenges. In this focused meeting we will bring together researchers working in classical general relativity, numerical relativity, quantum gravity and relativistic astrophysics to critically assess the current status of these problems and to identify concrete directions for future developments.

Scientific organizing committee:

  • David Hilditch (CENTRA/IST)
  • Christoph Kehle (MIT)
  • Sudipta Sarkar (IIT Gandhinagar)

Participation:

We have a small number of spaces for additional participants. If you're interested in attending, please get in touch at hscg-workshop@centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt.

Local organizing committee:

Ananya Adhikari, David Hilditch and Rita Sousa.

Web development:

João Vasconcelos

Funding:

This event is supported by the Gravity Theory Trust, through the Advanced ERC Grant Gravitas and through national funds from the FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under the Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation (CENTRA/IST/ULisboa) through grant No. UID/PRR/00099/2025 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/PRR/00099/2025) and grant No. UID/00099/2025 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/00099/2025).