What is OSCAR, and how does it support mathematical research? In our new video, MATH+ Distinguished Fellow Michael Joswig and PhD student Zoe Geiselmann introduce the open-source algebra research system, its benefits for researchers, and learning opportunities, including the 2027 OSCAR Summer School in Berlin.
MATH+ and the BMS are delighted to announce the arrival of three new Dirichlet Postdoctoral Fellows in Berlin. We warmly welcome Hefin Lambley, Pardis Semnani, and Eliseo Luongo to the MATH+ and BMS community and wish them all the best during their two-year postdoctoral appointments
Since 2016, BMS and BGSMath have held joint Junior Meetings every two years, alternating between Berlin and Barcelona to foster scientific exchange and strengthen their doctoral and postdoctoral programs. The fifth meeting took place in Barcelona from September 2–4, 2026.
Hanna Neumann Fellows Hana Dal Poz Kouřimská (University of Potsdam) and Luisa Plato (WIAS) are postdocs who use their fellowships to pursue research stays abroad. In our interview, they discussed international collaboration, women in academia, and their future research.
MATH+ welcomed Laura Chaubard, Director General and Acting President of École Polytechnique (l’X, Paris), to Berlin for a special Women’s Lunch. The event offered an opportunity to engage with a distinguished female academic leader and discuss the opportunities and challenges facing women in STEM.
In her interview with MATH+, Caroline reflects on her mathematical journey in Uganda, and her collaboration with her host Dominic Bunnett (TU Berlin). She also shares advice for young women considering a career in mathematics.
MATH+ and its graduate school, the Berlin Mathematical School (BMS), celebrated their graduates, the Young African Mathematicians (YAM) Fellows, and the recipients of the 2025 MATH+ Dissertation Awards during a festive certificate ceremony on 10 July 2026 at Freie Universität Berlin.
MATH+ welcomes Guido F. Montúfar, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics & Data Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), to the MATH+ community in Berlin as a Visiting Scholar, hosted by MATH+ member Benjamin Gess at Technische Universität Berlin.
In cooperation with the Einstein Foundation Berlin, the Berlin Mathematical School (BMS) of the Cluster of Excellence MATH+ annually recognizes outstanding dissertations through the MATH+ Dissertation Awards. The 2025 awards were presented to Benedikt Gräßle, Moritz Grillo, and Vasily Rogov. Congratulations to all!
The second and final Network Meeting for the YAM Cohort 2025/26 was hosted by MATH+ in Berlin 6-7 July 2026. The seven 2025/26 Fellows of the Young African Mathematicians (YAM) Fellowship met with the coordinators of the YAM Network from the four German Clusters of