Half a century ago, economic research took a little-noticed yet dramatic departure from the study of concepts most people ...

Knowing only the building blocks of our own biosphere, can we predict how life may exist on other planets? A paper in ...

On December 19, the SFI Press published Volume 4 of Foundational Papers in Complexity Science. Following the publication of Volumes 1 and 2 in May and Volume 3 in September, this concluding book ...

As city population grows, so does violent crime, contagious diseases, and per-capita GDP. A significant body of research has investigated what drives this scaling relationship, examining factors ...

Luis BettencourtPritzker Director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago, and External Professor at SFI R. Maria del Rio ChanonaAssistant Professor of Computer ...

Following the pedagogical structure used in SFI’s Complex Systems Summer School over the last 30 years, this program will feature a series of lectures that introduce fundamental mechanisms and models ...

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Brave thinkers willing to explore new ideas about economics, policy, and governance. Early-career scholars and change-makers from civil society and private industry are equally encouraged to apply.

The in-person portion of the school will run from Monday, July 28, to Friday, August 8. This in-person portion is intense, and students will not have time for outside work during these 12 days. The in ...

The Summer 2025 Complexity Global School will provide you with an introduction to an array of rigorous tools for analyzing complex phenomena in the social, economic, and political spheres. If you are ...