On May 11, 2012, the German Research Foundation (DFG) approved funding for the International Research Training Group (IRTG) "Moduli spaces and automorphic forms: arithmetic and geometric aspects". Prof. Jürg Kramer, designated chair of the IRTG, is delighted: "That is wonderful news! Within the IRTG we will be able to expand our existing contacts with colleagues in Leiden and Amsterdam. Our doctoral students on both sides will profit immensely from this."

HU Berlin is the lead university for the IRTG.  The Dutch universities in Leiden and Amsterdam, as well as FU Berlin, are cooperation partners.

The IRTG will bundle broad expertise in the field of arithmetic algebraic and complex algebraic geometry. More specifically, it aims to investigate questions about the interplay between the arithmetic and the geometry of moduli spaces, as well as questions related to the arithmetic theory of automorphic forms. The research program includes the following research areas, which of course have mutual interconnections: arithmetic of moduli; heights, densities, and degenerations; and automorphic forms.

For further information please contact Jürg Kramer, Chair of the IRTG "Moduli spaces and automorphic forms", phone: 030 2093-5842, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.