Symmetry on the interface of topology and higher algebra is a project funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) from 2025 to 2031 through an NWO Open Competition ENW-XL grant. It establishes a center of expertise for homotopy theory in the Netherlands. The principal investigators are based at Radboud University (Nijmegen), Utrecht University, and the VU Amsterdam.
The overall project is divided into nine interrelated subprojects, which will be carried out by the principal investigators together with the PhD candidates and postdocs funded by the ENW-XL grant. These subprojects investigate questions about manifold topology, topological Hochschild homology, and chromatic homotopy theory.
We are currently advertising a fully funded PhD position at RU Nijmegen under the supervision of Magdalena Kędziorek and a fully funded PhD position at Utrecht University under the supervision of Gijs Heuts to work within this project. The deadline for both positions is 15 November 2026.
As of September 2026, we welcome Johannes Gloßner and Maria Cristina Riccardi as new project members.
The members of this project will usually meet at least once a month for the meetings of the Topology Intercity Seminar (see here for an archive of past talks).
Bianca Carvalho de Oliveira
PhD candidate at VU, primarily supervised by Inbar Klang
Karolis Dembickas
PhD candidate at UU, primarily supervised by Lennart Meier
Johannes Gloßner
PD at RU
Yash Jolly
PhD candidate at RU, primarily supervised by Steffen Sagave
Maria Cristina Riccardi
PhD candidate at VU, primarily supervised by Renee Hoekzema
