Following a conference in Moscow in October 1981, Hawking and Gary Gibbons organised a three-week Nuffield Workshop in the summer of 1982 on "The Very Early Universe" at Cambridge University, a workshop that focused mainly on inflation theory.
Usai konferensi di Moskwa bulan Oktober 1981, Hawking dan Gary Gibbons mengadakan Nuffield Workshop selama tiga pekan pada musim panas 1982 dengan topik "The Very Early Universe" di Universitas Cambridge; lokakarya ini berfokus pada teori inflasi.