Nonlinear Dynamics and Anomalous Transport in Low Dimension

South African-German WE-Heraeus-Seminar

02 Feb - 06 Feb 2026

Where:

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Scientific organizers:

Prof. Dr. Roderich Moessner, MPIPKS Dresden ∗ Prof. Dr. Haris Skokos, U of Cape Town, South Africa

The study of unconventional dynamics and transport in low dimension has a long and distinguished history. It is thus perhaps surprising how much progress this field has seen in recent years, both in theory and experiment. This event is devoted to covering these developments in depth, starting from an introduction to the basics of the field and leading up to the cutting edge of current day research. The goal of this event is to bring together different communities which have studied anomalous dynamics and transport in low dimensions.

The format is chosen to maximise accessibility to a diverse set of participants. It is particularly aimed at researchers in the south of Africa, with an emphasis of career stages up to junior faculty. We aim to enable contacts between researchers based in Africa and in Germany at similar career stages, in the hope that these will persist as the researchers move ahead in their careers.

Topics include:

  • Anomalous dynamics and transport
  • Low dimensions
  • Many-body dynamics
  • Chaotic Dynamics
  • Quantum transport
  • Thermalization
  • Non-Hermitian dynamics
  • Large deviations
  • Nonlinear Dynamics