While new discoveries in cosmology have revolutionized our understanding of the Universe over the past decades, many unresolved mysteries remain, such as the nature of dark energy or the physical processes occurring in the earliest stages of history. To resolve these questions in light of new observations, joint efforts across the whole community are needed.
The conference Cosmological Fundamental Observables and Novel Discoveries in Universe Evolution (CosmoFONDUE) aims at offering an occasion for scientists across all fields of cosmology to interact in an engaging and inclusive atmosphere, and to reflect on promising new research directions. A special focus is put on fostering exchange among junior and senior researchers. The conference will cover a broad range of topics across the full redshift span, including:
- Inflation, pre-CMB cosmology
- CMB surveys
- Neutrino & particle cosmology
- Gravitational waves
- Galaxy surveys, large-scale structure observables
- Intensity mapping
- Supernovae
- Modified gravity
- Cosmological tensions
Confirmed speakers:
David Alonso (U. of Oxford)
Tessa Baker (Portsmouth U., ICG)
Julien Carron (U. Geneva)
Edmund Copeland (Nottingham U.)
Rachel Gray (U. of Glasgow)
Kylar Greene (Seoul Natl. U. )
Lavinia Heisenberg (Heidelberg U.)
Oksana Iarygina (NORDITA)
Jae Hyeok Chang (Seoul Natl. U.)
Elisabeth Krause (U. of Arizona)
Sung Mook Lee (CERN)
Vivian Poulin (U. Montpellier)
Mickael Rigault (U. Lyon)
Marta Spinelli (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur)
Licia Verde (ICCUB)
Seokhoon Yun (Kyungpook Natl. U.)
A previous edition of CosmoFONDUE took place in June 2025 at the University of Geneva.
Organizing committee:
Fabio Bernardo (University of Geneva)
Sveva Castello (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
Valerie Domcke (CERN)
Silvia Gasparotto (CERN)
Nastassia Grimm (University of Oxford)
Hyung Do Kim (Seoul National University)
Danny Laghi (University of Zürich)
Hyun Min Lee (Chung-Ang University)
Seong Chan Park (Yonsei University)
Alica Ela Rogelj (University of Bern)
Philipp Schicho (University of Geneva)
Francesco Sorrenti (ICC, Barcelona U.)
This event is sponsored by the Department of Theoretical Physics at CERN as well as the CERN-Korea collaboration program.
