WOST School 2026: Exploring Quantum WithOut SpaceTime

The WOST School 2026 introduces early-career researchers to the rapidly developing interface between quantum gravity and quantum information, two fields that have recently begun to converge in surprising and productive ways. In particular, Loop Quantum Gravity provide a natural framework where structures such as spin network states and their evolution can dialogue with the language of quantum information. Participants will explore how quantum-information tools are reshaping our understanding of spacetime—through concepts such as quantum reference frames, quantum clocks, indefinite causal order, and related informational approaches. This will shed new light on gravitational phenomena ranging from black-hole physics to early-universe cosmology, while also learning how emerging table-top experiments may probe quantum-gravity–inspired phenomena such as gravity-mediated entanglement, aiming at testing the quantum nature of gravity. Supported by the international WOST collaboration, the school aims to transmit a growing body of interdisciplinary knowledge not yet part of standard graduate curricula, foster connections across theoretical, experimental, and philosophical perspectives, and cultivate a diverse cohort of young scientists prepared to contribute to this evolving research frontier.

Organizers:

Ivan Agullo, Pablo Arrighi, Eugenio Bianchi, Lin-Qing Chen, Beatriz Elizaga de Navascués, Lucas Hackl, Augustin Vanrietvelde