Nicoleta Voicu (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania)

Finsler is an extension of Riemannian one, based on a most general notion of arc length. In this talk, I will briefly review:Some key physical motivations for adopting a Finslerian model of spacetime, with emphasis on its potential to describe scenarios beyond the reach of Riemannian geometry.  The overlap between Finsler gravity and metric-affine gravity - and the way the two frameworks enrich each other. A specific Finsler gravitational model which, under cosmological symmetry, yields exponential expansion without requiring a cosmological constant or additional fields.