Research

Research Areas

The Institute's current research covers the following areas

String Theory and Quantum Gravity

Conformal Field Theories and AdS/CFT Correspondence

Integrable Systems

Quantum Field Theory and Mathematical Methods

Modified Theories of Gravity and Cosmology

Publications

200 publications and 53 conference affiliated with ITMP MSU in 2025

Collaboration

ITMP MSU serves as a platform where students, graduate students, researchers and faculty of Moscow State University engage with scientists from leading Russian and international research centers and universities

Collaboration with
the Russian Academy of Sciences

Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Scientists from RAS institutes supervise the research of students and graduate students, teach courses in the master's programs “Quantum Gravity and Mathematical Physics” and “Geometry and Quantum Fields”, and offer elective courses

International Collaboration

Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
Université de Tours (France)
Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Germany)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany)
Universität Hamburg (Germany)

Researchers from international research centers give public lectures and teach courses, take part in the Institute's research seminar, and carry out joint research with ITMP MSU