Nivedita | Categories for the working physicist | 08/05/25

We’ll dive into the language of category theory—why it’s useful, how it emerges naturally in theoretical physics, and how it helps us axiomatize path integrals in Quantum Field Theory. We’ll even peek into the buzzworthy world of (higher) categorical symmetries. This talk was delivered by Nivedita from The Rudolph Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics and mathematics institute at the university of Oxford for the University of Oxford Physics Society. For more from OUPhysSoc: Instagram: instagram.com/oxford_physsoc/ Website: oxford-physsoc.com/ LinkedIn:   / ouphyssoc