(October 1, 2025) Shorter days and colder temperatures – causation or correlation? The latest MaRDI newsletter explores questions like this with insights from the Graphical Modelling and Causal Inference community.
International Cooperative Research
The Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO, Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics) is an international research centre situated in the German Black Forest. Leading experts from all over the world meet at the Institute in order to pursue their research activities, to discuss recent developments in their field with others, and to generate new ideas. The Institute is a member of the Leibniz Association and is funded jointly by the German federal government and the state governments. Read more about the Institute...
Key Information for Visitors
Please check our information for invited researchers regarding registration, check-in and check-out, travel information and further practical issues. We also provide an overview on the facilities you can use during your stay.
Please also note our announcements on
- Construction work on the dining hall (as of June 16, 2025)
- Uncertainty of the grant DMS-2230648 (as of April 7, 2025)
In order to prevent unexpected delays, we recommend all visitors who require a visa to enter Germany to apply for the visa immediately after receiving and accepting our invitation. In the recent past, there have been cases in which visa appointments have been taking longer than expected.
Propose & Apply
The scientific program of the MFO consists of six central programs: Workshops, Mini-Workshops, Seminars, Arbeitsgemeinschaft (study group), Oberwolfach Research Fellows, and Oberwolfach Leibniz Fellows.
Get a full overview on the Institute's scientific program...
For Early Career Researchers
Two out of the six main programs of the MFO address especially to junior researchers: Oberwolfach Seminars and Oberwolfach Leibniz Fellows. Early career researchers participating in other, weekly programs of the Institute can check if they are eligible for one of the grants covering travel expenses. Read more on how we can support early career researchers...
Oberwolfach Services
The MFO publishes summaries of all meetings in the series Oberwolfach Reports. The Oberwolfach Preprints mainly contain research results related to a longer stay in Oberwolfach. Snapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach explain mathematical ideas in an accessible and understandable way for non-academic readers. The Library Catalogue provides information on books and printed journals available from the Institute's library. Scientists, lecturers, and science journalists may also find our online photo database helpful.
News
(September 29, 2025) How can we better understand four-dimensional spaces? In this recently published snapshot of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach, Sara Blackwell introduces the theory of trisections of smooth 4-manifolds.
(July 28, 2025) The two books present the lecture notes of the Oberwolfach Seminars on "Stochastic Geophysical Fluid Dynamics" (vol. 55) and "Variational and Information Flows in Machine Learning and Optimal Transport" (vol. 56) given in fall 2022 and 2023.
(July 22, 2025) Edited by Maria Remenyi and Volker Remmert, the volume brings together contributions by historians of science, mathematicians and historians of mathematics. The authors examine the evolving conference traditions in Oberwolfach between 1945 and 1960.
(July 18, 2025) The newsletter will inform you on the latest news and activities of the MFO, in particular with regard to open calls and upcoming scientific events at the Institute.
(June 16, 2025) On Thursday, 7 June, construction work began at the institute to expand the dining hall. We are making every effort to minimize any disruptions and to ensure that the workshop program continues smoothly and without compromise.