This programme focuses on the fundamental statistical physics of strongly interacting many-body systems with regard to the occurence and properties of glassy and other complex macroscopic states and to non-equilibrium behaviour. It includes issues such as history-dependence (aging), self organisation, dynamical phase of transitions, metastability, flunctuations, the effect of driving stimuli, disorder and stochasticity. go to website
Five years, from 1999 to 2003 (Extension until 31 December 2004)