is the place to be every Friday afternoon if you want to learn more about a variety of research fields while enjoying delicious Fika! We bring together researchers across different universities in Stockholm to share their passion for science and related topics, while nourishing a deep sense of community among junior researchers.

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Friday 16:00 @ Nordita 6th floor

On the nature of time
Title Image of Talk On the nature of time
2026-01-30 ✨ Open to everyone* ✨ Guilherme Franzmann

Why can we not change the past? Why do things change only towards the future? What is change? And really, what is time? These questions have been haunting us since before the rise of civilization. They have taken the form of different myths, incorporated into religious views, and nowadays are imprinted in the hardest problems of our scientific theories. A better understanding of the nature of time is likely to play a major role in the conceptual development of a theory of Quantum Gravity as well as refining our models of Cosmology, possibly helping us to comprehend what the Big Bang really was. So, take some time off and come wonder together on the nature of time!

Image Credit: Salvador Dalí, La persistència de la memòria

*Everyone includes students (undergraduate, master's, and PhD), postdocs, senior researchers, faculty, and staff members.

Black magic for transcendental equations
Title Image of Talk Black magic for transcendental equations
2026-02-06 ✨ Open to juniors* ✨ Anthony Bonfils

Have you ever wondered how to solve tan(x)=x ?

Exact solutions are out of reach, But an approximation I will teach. If you want the asymptotic power, You have to sacrifice a parameter. Find a dominant balance To crack the transcendence. And always go to the next order!

*Junior audience is a term that encompasses undergraduate, master's, and PhD students, as well as postdocs.
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