[PhilPhys] Summer School "Particle Physics at the Crossroads"

[Adrian Wüthrich]

Call for Applications (deadline 31 January 2018)

The Research Unit "Epistemology of the LHC" invites applications for the 
Summer School "Particle Physics at the Crossroads: Interdisciplinary 
Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Particle Physics" taking 
place 23-30 July 2018 in Wuppertal (Germany).

With the discovery of the Higgs boson, the last missing piece of the 
Standard Model of particle physics has been found. The “hunt” for the 
Standard Model particles has thus come to an end and new aims and 
challenges will take centre stage in the practice of particle physics: 
precision measurements of the Standard Model’s parameters, the search 
for particles beyond the Standard Model, motivated in part by 
cosmological evidence, and the exploration of yet uncharted experimental 
and theoretical territory. To meet these challenges ever more 
sophisticated and larger experimental facilities will be required as 
well as an ever more critical assessment of the virtues and shortcomings 
of various theoretical proposals. A better understanding of this new 
phase of particle physics calls for a concerted effort of physics and 
the social sciences reflecting on it.

Confirmed speakers are John Ellis, Ollof Hallonsten, Rafaela 
Hillerbrand, Martina Merz, Margarete Mühlleitner, Chris Smeenk, Kent 
Staley, Friedrich Steinle, Catherine Westfall and Christian Zeitnitz.

We invite up to 30 advanced students and early career researchers from 
the history, philosophy, and sociology of physics, as well as from 
physics itself to participate. The application process will be 
competitive and participants will be selected according to qualification 
and research interests. To apply, please send the following material in 
a single pdf file to SummerSchool.ELHC at uni-wuppertal.de:

- a letter of motivation, no longer than two pages,
- a cv in tabular form,
- a list of publications (if available), and
- two academic references, i.e. contact details of two professors or 
established researchers who are willing to comment on your qualifications

A selection of participants will be able to give short presentations of 
their own work as part of the school. The presentations will be followed 
by a commentary from a member of the Research Unit. In case you intend 
to give a presentation, you should add to your application:

- the title of your talk, and
- a short abstract (between 300 and 500 words)

We offer a small number of stipends to participants with limited 
financing. To apply for a stipend, please also prepare and submit a 
letter, no longer than one page, explaining your financial situation.

Upon request, the participants will receive a confirmation that the 
summer school is equivalent to a workload of 2 ECTS.

For further information and practical details, please refer to

http://www.lhc-epistemologie.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php?id=1182

or contact the organizers Adrian Wüthrich and Florian Boge using the 
email address SummerSchool.ELHC at uni-wuppertal.de