Title:

Cosmological Features on the Largest Scales: Theory and Observations

Location:

University of Lancashire, Preston


Organiser:

Alexia Lopez

Start Date:

20-04-2026


End Date:

22-04-2026

Link:

Description:

The Jeremiah Horrocks Institute (JHI) is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the first joint Oxford and Lancashire Colloquium in the (northern) spring of 2026: Cosmological Features on the Largest Scales: Theory and Observations. This meeting will bring together theoretical and observational cosmologists to discuss cosmological large-scale structure (LSS) on the largest scales, i.e., at and beyond the BAO scale. Discussion topics will include: large-scale structure, structure-formation theory, cosmological models, observational anomalies, and consistency with simulations.

Invited Speakers
Roger Penrose, University of Oxford 
Roya Mohayaee, University of Oxford
Daniel Pomarède, CEA Université Paris-Saclay
Francesco Sylos Labini, Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi
Joseph Silk, Université Pierre et Marie Curie

Scientific Organising Committee
Roger Penrose, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford 
Subir Sarkar, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Carlos Frenk, Institute for Computational Cosmology, University of Durham
Alexia Lopez, JHI, University of Lancashire
Roger Clowes, JHI, University of Lancashire
Derek Ward-Thompson, JHI, University of Lancashire