The 7th Corner of the Cube of Physical Theories: A new route towards quantum gravity

An often overlooked region in the landscape of physical theories is the nonrelativistic gravity regime, which is a limit of Einstein’s theory of gravity. Contrary to common lore, it is becoming clear that the theory of nonrelativistic gravity is much richer than was so far appreciated, containing much more than just Newtonian gravity.  At the same time it is expected that nonrelativistic gravity at the smallest distance levels, i.e. quantum nonrelativistic gravity is expected to be much simpler than its relativistic counterpart in the same spirit that quantum mechanics is simpler than quantum field theory. 
This project aims therefore at exploring the large unchartered territory of classical and quantum nonrelativistic gravity and relating it to the leading approaches towards relativistic quantum gravity, namely string theory and holography. We expect tat this will open an entirely new road towards understanding quantum gravity, and therewith the quantum description of black holes and more generally the emergence of spacetime.  Moreover, it may shed new light on astrophysical aspects of black holes as well as cosmology.