{"id":6,"date":"2021-04-16T10:34:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T10:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-25T07:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:58:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Welcome !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"par-indented\">The research focus of our group is on Poisson Geometry and related topics, particularly Lie Groupoids, Lie Algebroids and Dirac structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"par-indented\">In particular, we are interested in understanding the local structures of these geometries as well as implement more global techniques to obtain invariants for Poisson geometry also in order to understand their effects in symplectic geometry or Lie theory. To accomplish these we often use a plethora of methods from analysis, algebra, algebraic topology and, of course, differential geometry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4024-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1677 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4024-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4024-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4024-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4024-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4024-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4024-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:58px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seminar announcements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminars will return in the Summer Semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/learning-seminar\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"644\">Learning Seminar<\/a>: On-going this semester under the subject \u2018<a class=\"alt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/learning-seminar\/ws-25-26\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2473\">The inverse function theorem of Nash and Moser<\/a>\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/researchseminar\/\">Research Seminar<\/a>: Next instalment will be by Simon Fischer on <strong>10.02.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/~geiges\/Oberseminar\/oberseminar.html\">Oberseminar<\/a>: Next talk is by Fabio Gironella on <strong>30.01<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[seminar_message text='<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/PoissonGeometry\/researchseminar\/\"> Research Seminar <\/a>: Next installment is by | on <strong>|<\/strong>' page=\"18\" path=\"4,1\"]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>[seminar_message text='<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/~geiges\/Oberseminar\/oberseminar.html\"> Oberseminar <\/a>: Next talk is by | on <strong>|<\/strong>.' page=\"https:\/\/www.mi.uni-koeln.de\/~geiges\/Oberseminar\/oberseminar.html\" path=\"4,2\"]<\/p>\n\n\n\n-->\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conferences &amp; Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utrechtgeometrycentre.nl\/higher-geometric-structures-along-the-lower-rhine\/\">Higher Geometric Structures along the Lower Rhine XX<\/a> at Utrecht University on 16th and 17th of April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wis.kuleuven.be\/events\/2026_poisson\/poisson2026\">Poisson 2026 &#8211; Summer school and Conference<\/a> at University&nbsp; of Antwerp (from 3rd\u20137th of August 2026) and KU Leuven (from 10th\u201314th of August 2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome ! 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