Durham University recently hosted the Durham Symposium on Mean Field Games, a major international event that brought together about 55 leading researchers and rising scholars to explore the latest advances in the theory and applications of Mean Field Games (MFGs). The symposium took place from 25 March to 28 March 2025 and was supported by The Royal Society.
Mean Field Games, a theory independently developed by Lasry-Lions and Caines-Huang-Malhamé, describe the limiting behavior of Nash equilibria in stochastic differential games as the number of interacting agents becomes large. Positioned at the intersection of partial differential equations, probability theory, stochastic analysis, and game theory, MFGs have found impactful applications in diverse fields such as mathematical biology, economics, engineering, and finance.
The event featured discussions on the analytical foundations, probabilistic techniques, numerical methods, and practical applications of Mean Field Games. It offered an engaging platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration across mathematics and applied sciences.
A highlight of the symposium was the 2025 Durham Pascal Lecture, delivered by Professor François Delarue from Université Côte d’Azur. A prominent figure in stochastic analysis and a key contributor to the development of MFG theory, Professor Delarue shared new insights on Infinite dimensional common noises in MFGs and MFCs.
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