The non-perturbative functional renormalization group is a modern implementation of Wilson’s renormalization theory. It is based on an exact functional flow equation of a coarse-grained effective action (or Gibbs free energy). Its applications range from statistical physics and condensed matter to high-energy physics and quantum gravity, and include fields as diverse as turbulence, active matter, biological systems and neural networks.

The school will take place at the renowned École de Physique des Houches, in the French Alps. The program consists of six lectures that introduce the fundamentals of the non-perturbative renormalization group theory and its applications in various fields of physics, including statistical physics, out-of-equilibrium statistical mechanics, quantum condensed matter, high-energy physics and quantum gravity.