People

Quantum Foundations and Gravity

Research group

Foundational questions at the interface of quantum mechanics, gravity, and spacetime

The group draws on quantum information, algebraic methods, quantum field theory, cosmology, and philosophy of physics. Current work ranges from quantum reference frames and subsystem structure to spacetime emergence and its possible signatures.

Collaboration enquiries are welcome.

Postdoctoral researchers

Roukaya Dekhil

Philosophy of physics and spacetime emergence

Co-supervised with Richard Dawid
2026–2027

Graduate researchers

Nicolas Boulle

PhD researcher · Mid Sweden University

Formal co-supervision
2023–2027

Steven Sanchez

MSc researcher · University of Iceland

Expected completion
Summer 2027

Alexander Flink

MSc researcher · Stockholm University

Expected completion
Summer 2027

Collaborations

Building research communities around difficult questions

2022–present

EmerGe · Emergent Geometries

Co-founder

An international collaboration connecting quantum foundations, gravity, phenomenology, and possible signatures of emergent spacetime.

Visit EmerGe
EmerGe collaborators working together around a table
1st EmerGe Retreat in 2023, French Coast
2021–2023

FADE · Foundational Aspects of Dark Energy

Founder and scientific lead

A multi-institutional collaboration examining the conceptual and theoretical foundations of dark energy.

Invited review

Modified Gravity Approaches to the Cosmological Constant Problem

Initiated and led through FADE, this multi-institutional review examines the conceptual tension between general relativity and quantum field theory behind the vacuum-energy puzzle. It maps how modified-gravity frameworks approach the problem and brought together PhD researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty across institutions.

Universe 9, 63 (2023) · FADE Collaboration

Journal arXiv

Completed supervision

Degree projects

  1. 2026Lucas Julin · Bachelor’s thesis

    Relational Structure and the Emergence of Spacetime: An Ontological Recontextualization of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

  2. 2026Will Benston · MSc

    An Analysis and Synthesis of Emergent Spacetime Perspectives

  3. 2025Emilie Desrochers · MSc

    Entanglement Entropy of Cosmological Perturbations

  4. 2025Alexander Flink · BSc

    On Quantum Systems: TPS Dynamics and the Quantum Measurement Problem

  5. 2023Nicolas Boulle · MSc

    On Quantum Systems and the Measurement Problem

  6. 2022Sebastian Jovancic · MSc

    On the Emergent Relative Distance Between Quantum Systems