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Black Holes & Cosmology, June 15-19 2026, Granada

The purpose of the international conference series Black Holes & Cosmology is to bring together world-renowned experts as well as junior researchers working on theoretical and observational aspects of black holes, particularly (but not limited to) their role in cosmology.

Topics include:

  • Dark Matter
  • Structure Formation
  • Primordial Black Holes
  • Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
  • Quantum Aspects of Black Holes

This event will take place in Granada, Spain, at ‘Carmen de la Victoria’ — an historic 19th-century estate with an unobstructed view onto the Alhambra — between the 15th and the 19th of June 2026. We look forward to meet you!

The opening talk will be held by Professor Alan Guth (MIT).

Invited Speakers (* = TBC):

  • Alessandra Buonanno* (MPI for Gravitational Physics)
  • Roger Blandford (Stanford)
  • Andreas Burkert (LMU)
  • Diego Blas (IFAE)
  • Volker Bromm* (UT)
  • Nico Cappelluti (UF)
  • Bernard Carr (QMUL)
  • Sébastien Clesse (ULB)
  • Tamara Davis (UQ)
  • Gia Dvali (LMU & MPI for Physics)
  • Netta Engelhardt (MIT)
  • Glennys Farrar (NYU)
  • Wendy Freedman (Chicago)
  • Katherine Freese (UT)
  • Jaume Garriga (ICCUB)
  • Sarah Geller (UCSC)
  • Alan Guth (MIT)
  • Günther Hasinger* (DZA)
  • Michael Hawkins (ROE)
  • Vicky Kalogera (NW)
  • Alexander Kusenko (UCLA)
  • Julien Lavalle (UoM)
  • Deyan Mihaylov (CWRU)
  • Priyamvada Natarajan (Yale)
  • Lisa Randall (Harvard)
  • Mairi Sakellariadou (KCL)
  • Pearl Sandick (UU)
  • Ravi Sheth (UPenn)
  • Adam Riess* (JHU)
  • Joe Silk (IAP & JHU & Oxford)
  • Glenn Starkman (CWRU)
  • Lárus Thorlacius (UI)
  • Vincent Vennin (ENS Paris)
  • Tanmay Vachaspati (ASU)
  • Alexander Vikman (CEICO)
  • David Wands (UoP)

Organisational Committee:

  • Florian Kühnel (LMU & TU Dortmund) [Chair]
  • Juan García-Bellido (UAM)
  • Mar Bastero-Gil (UGR)
  • David Kaiser (MIT)

Conference Website