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London Institute for Mathematical Sciences
The London Institute (officially the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences) is Britain's only independent research centre in theoretical physics and mathematics. It was founded to be an alternative to universities, where scientists have to spend time on teaching and administrative duties. Instead, the Institute gives its researchers the freedom and support to devote themselves to research full-time.
The London Institute was founded in 2011 by the American physicist Thomas Fink with the encouragement of Caltech's Head of Physics, Tom Tombrello. It received early grants from DARPA and the EU’s scientific research agency.
In 2019 it was awarded Independent Research Organisation status by UKRI, becoming the first independent research centre in the physical sciences to be allowed to compete with universities for funding from the seven Research Councils.
In 2021 its researchers moved into the Royal Institution at 21 Albemarle St in Mayfair. They now occupy rooms that were once the private living quarters of Sir Humphry Davy, Michael Faraday and Sir William Bragg, among others.
The London Institute does research in theoretical physics and mathematics. Its work spans four themes: Mathematics that unifies; The elegant universe; Life, learning and emergence; and the Theory of human enterprise.
Its researchers have published papers on statistical physics in Nature Reviews Physics; algebraic geometry in the Journal of High Energy Physics; graph theory in the European Journal of Combinatorics; and network theory in Physical Review Letters. In 2024, researcher Oleksandr Gamayun’s paper on topological solitons became the Institute’s first to be published in Nature.
In 2021, the UK government announced the launch of Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), a new science agency designed to support projects that may create "a paradigm shift in science". As a roadmap for the new agency, the London Institute compiled a list of the 23 Mathematical Challenges of our time. Inspired by David Hilbert's list of 23 challenges, 17 of which have been solved or partially resolved, the new list was intended by the Institute as a reminder to itself and others to aim high. It was published in full in The Times.
In an article in The Daily Telegraph, the Director Thomas Fink argued that science is still not professionally organised but is at the same stage of development as sport was a century ago. So that they can break the intellectual equivalent of world records, the London Institute gives its researchers the level of support expected by elite athletes.
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London Institute for Mathematical Sciences
The London Institute (officially the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences) is Britain's only independent research centre in theoretical physics and mathematics. It was founded to be an alternative to universities, where scientists have to spend time on teaching and administrative duties. Instead, the Institute gives its researchers the freedom and support to devote themselves to research full-time.
The London Institute was founded in 2011 by the American physicist Thomas Fink with the encouragement of Caltech's Head of Physics, Tom Tombrello. It received early grants from DARPA and the EU’s scientific research agency.
In 2019 it was awarded Independent Research Organisation status by UKRI, becoming the first independent research centre in the physical sciences to be allowed to compete with universities for funding from the seven Research Councils.
In 2021 its researchers moved into the Royal Institution at 21 Albemarle St in Mayfair. They now occupy rooms that were once the private living quarters of Sir Humphry Davy, Michael Faraday and Sir William Bragg, among others.
The London Institute does research in theoretical physics and mathematics. Its work spans four themes: Mathematics that unifies; The elegant universe; Life, learning and emergence; and the Theory of human enterprise.
Its researchers have published papers on statistical physics in Nature Reviews Physics; algebraic geometry in the Journal of High Energy Physics; graph theory in the European Journal of Combinatorics; and network theory in Physical Review Letters. In 2024, researcher Oleksandr Gamayun’s paper on topological solitons became the Institute’s first to be published in Nature.
In 2021, the UK government announced the launch of Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), a new science agency designed to support projects that may create "a paradigm shift in science". As a roadmap for the new agency, the London Institute compiled a list of the 23 Mathematical Challenges of our time. Inspired by David Hilbert's list of 23 challenges, 17 of which have been solved or partially resolved, the new list was intended by the Institute as a reminder to itself and others to aim high. It was published in full in The Times.
In an article in The Daily Telegraph, the Director Thomas Fink argued that science is still not professionally organised but is at the same stage of development as sport was a century ago. So that they can break the intellectual equivalent of world records, the London Institute gives its researchers the level of support expected by elite athletes.