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Apply now for SFI’s 2026 CSSS Journalism Fellowship (June 9–July 8). Each year, two accomplished journalists join our summer school program for a deep dive into complexity science. Stipend, housing, and travel covered.
Applications open until Feb. 4, 2026.
Apply: www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
Applications open until Feb. 4, 2026.
Apply: www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Apply now for SFI’s 2026 CSSS Journalism Fellowship (June 9–July 8). Each year, two accomplished journalists join our summer school program for a deep dive into complexity science. Stipend, housing, and travel covered.
Applications open until Feb. 4, 2026.
Apply: www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
Applications open until Feb. 4, 2026.
Apply: www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
The latest issue of SFI's monthly e-newsletter is now available.
Catch up on recent research, events, and news from the Santa Fe Institute, and sign up to get the next edition in your inbox.
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Catch up on recent research, events, and news from the Santa Fe Institute, and sign up to get the next edition in your inbox.
Read it here: mailchi.mp/santafe/sfi-...
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The latest issue of SFI's monthly e-newsletter is now available.
Catch up on recent research, events, and news from the Santa Fe Institute, and sign up to get the next edition in your inbox.
Read it here: mailchi.mp/santafe/sfi-...
Catch up on recent research, events, and news from the Santa Fe Institute, and sign up to get the next edition in your inbox.
Read it here: mailchi.mp/santafe/sfi-...
In this SFI Seminar, biographer Alec Nevala-Lee explores the life of physicist and Nobel laureate Luis W. Alvarez, whose work spanned the Manhattan Project, investigating the JFK assassination, and developing the asteroid theory of dinosaur extinction.
youtu.be/F4KGgtxNF58
youtu.be/F4KGgtxNF58
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In this SFI Seminar, biographer Alec Nevala-Lee explores the life of physicist and Nobel laureate Luis W. Alvarez, whose work spanned the Manhattan Project, investigating the JFK assassination, and developing the asteroid theory of dinosaur extinction.
youtu.be/F4KGgtxNF58
youtu.be/F4KGgtxNF58
SFI's Postdocs in Complexity Global Conference brings together early-career researchers from around the world. Held September 16–19, this year’s meeting drew 53 scholars for four days of collaboration, networking, and advancing research projects.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
SFI's Postdocs in Complexity Global Conference brings together early-career researchers from around the world. Held September 16–19, this year’s meeting drew 53 scholars for four days of collaboration, networking, and advancing research projects.
www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
Global markets are complex systems, shaped by feedback loops, shocks, and adaptive behavior, rarely following textbook rules. A special issue on complexity economics in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization explores how this approach offers tools for today’s challenges.
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santafe.edu/news
October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Global markets are complex systems, shaped by feedback loops, shocks, and adaptive behavior, rarely following textbook rules. A special issue on complexity economics in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization explores how this approach offers tools for today’s challenges.
santafe.edu/news
santafe.edu/news
Stochastic modeling provides new ways to tackle pressing medical problems. In this seminar, Sean Lawley (University of Utah) illustrates this with two examples: using ovarian tissue cryopreservation to delay menopause, and analyzing how missed medication doses affect treatment.
youtu.be/ec1jKmPskXI
youtu.be/ec1jKmPskXI
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Stochastic modeling provides new ways to tackle pressing medical problems. In this seminar, Sean Lawley (University of Utah) illustrates this with two examples: using ovarian tissue cryopreservation to delay menopause, and analyzing how missed medication doses affect treatment.
youtu.be/ec1jKmPskXI
youtu.be/ec1jKmPskXI
In this SFI Seminar, Mahesh Bandi (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) presents an analysis of five years of data from an 80-turbine farm, revealing universal, collective, and nonlinear correlations that shape wind power fluctuations.
youtu.be/i2WumlT3Mm0
youtu.be/i2WumlT3Mm0
October 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In this SFI Seminar, Mahesh Bandi (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) presents an analysis of five years of data from an 80-turbine farm, revealing universal, collective, and nonlinear correlations that shape wind power fluctuations.
youtu.be/i2WumlT3Mm0
youtu.be/i2WumlT3Mm0
In this Seminar, Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin) explores the limits of mathematical knowability — from Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem and Turing’s uncomputability to the growth of the Busy Beaver function and future possibilities of quantum computing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQC7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQC7...
October 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In this Seminar, Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin) explores the limits of mathematical knowability — from Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem and Turing’s uncomputability to the growth of the Busy Beaver function and future possibilities of quantum computing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQC7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQC7...
Launched in 2022 by SFI donor Hank Schuyler, the Lou Schuyler Seed Grant Fund supports bold, boundary-breaking research by SFI postdoctoral fellows — projects that bridge disciplines and reflect the fund’s spirit of curiosity and innovation.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Launched in 2022 by SFI donor Hank Schuyler, the Lou Schuyler Seed Grant Fund supports bold, boundary-breaking research by SFI postdoctoral fellows — projects that bridge disciplines and reflect the fund’s spirit of curiosity and innovation.
www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
Reserve your free tickets to SFI’s next Community Lecture with renowned developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik:
“Transmission Versus Truth: What Will It Take to Make an AI as Smart as a 4-Year-Old?”
October 21, 7:30 pm at The Lensic Performing Arts Center.
Tickets: lensic.org/events/aliso...
“Transmission Versus Truth: What Will It Take to Make an AI as Smart as a 4-Year-Old?”
October 21, 7:30 pm at The Lensic Performing Arts Center.
Tickets: lensic.org/events/aliso...
October 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Reserve your free tickets to SFI’s next Community Lecture with renowned developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik:
“Transmission Versus Truth: What Will It Take to Make an AI as Smart as a 4-Year-Old?”
October 21, 7:30 pm at The Lensic Performing Arts Center.
Tickets: lensic.org/events/aliso...
“Transmission Versus Truth: What Will It Take to Make an AI as Smart as a 4-Year-Old?”
October 21, 7:30 pm at The Lensic Performing Arts Center.
Tickets: lensic.org/events/aliso...
In August, the AIP Foundation celebrated SFI External Professor France Córdova and announced an Endowed Forum in her honor. Córdova has been an astrophysicist, University president, NASA chief scientist, NSF Director, and, now, President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance.
www.santafe.edu/news
www.santafe.edu/news
September 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In August, the AIP Foundation celebrated SFI External Professor France Córdova and announced an Endowed Forum in her honor. Córdova has been an astrophysicist, University president, NASA chief scientist, NSF Director, and, now, President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance.
www.santafe.edu/news
www.santafe.edu/news
SFI External Professor Jessika Trancik was named the director of MIT’s Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC) this summer. SSRC combines expertise from engineering, physical sciences, and social sciences to address complex societal challenges related to evolving technology.
santafe.edu/news
santafe.edu/news
September 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
SFI External Professor Jessika Trancik was named the director of MIT’s Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC) this summer. SSRC combines expertise from engineering, physical sciences, and social sciences to address complex societal challenges related to evolving technology.
santafe.edu/news
santafe.edu/news
SFI External Professor Luis Bettencourt and co-author Nicholas Marchio (University of Chicago) use the first complete dataset of more than 415 million buildings in sub-Saharan Africa to map infrastructure deficits across 50 countries.
santafe.edu/news
santafe.edu/news
September 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
SFI External Professor Luis Bettencourt and co-author Nicholas Marchio (University of Chicago) use the first complete dataset of more than 415 million buildings in sub-Saharan Africa to map infrastructure deficits across 50 countries.
santafe.edu/news
santafe.edu/news
Final week to apply for the 2026 SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships
If you're an early-career scholar and passionate about collaborative, transdisciplinary research beyond traditional departments, this is the postdoc fellowship for you.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
If you're an early-career scholar and passionate about collaborative, transdisciplinary research beyond traditional departments, this is the postdoc fellowship for you.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
September 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Final week to apply for the 2026 SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships
If you're an early-career scholar and passionate about collaborative, transdisciplinary research beyond traditional departments, this is the postdoc fellowship for you.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
If you're an early-career scholar and passionate about collaborative, transdisciplinary research beyond traditional departments, this is the postdoc fellowship for you.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
Catch up on our most recent Community Lecture: "Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI" with Dan Rockmore. This was the fifth of six community lectures for 2025, and all are available to watch on SFI’s YouTube channel.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2al0jNTDC8
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2al0jNTDC8
September 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Catch up on our most recent Community Lecture: "Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI" with Dan Rockmore. This was the fifth of six community lectures for 2025, and all are available to watch on SFI’s YouTube channel.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2al0jNTDC8
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2al0jNTDC8
Tomorrow: the 5th event in SFI’s 2025 Community Lecture Series!
Join us at the Lensic Performing Arts Center for Dan Rockmore’s lecture, “Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI” — 7:30pm.
Free tickets: lensic.org/events/sfi-d... or watch the live stream on SFI’s YouTube
Join us at the Lensic Performing Arts Center for Dan Rockmore’s lecture, “Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI” — 7:30pm.
Free tickets: lensic.org/events/sfi-d... or watch the live stream on SFI’s YouTube
September 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Tomorrow: the 5th event in SFI’s 2025 Community Lecture Series!
Join us at the Lensic Performing Arts Center for Dan Rockmore’s lecture, “Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI” — 7:30pm.
Free tickets: lensic.org/events/sfi-d... or watch the live stream on SFI’s YouTube
Join us at the Lensic Performing Arts Center for Dan Rockmore’s lecture, “Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI” — 7:30pm.
Free tickets: lensic.org/events/sfi-d... or watch the live stream on SFI’s YouTube
In August, an SFI working group explored the challenges and opportunities of digital-twin technology—virtual representations of physical objects, designed not as simple models but as complex systems that use real-time data to mirror their real-world counterparts.
santafe.edu/news
santafe.edu/news
September 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In August, an SFI working group explored the challenges and opportunities of digital-twin technology—virtual representations of physical objects, designed not as simple models but as complex systems that use real-time data to mirror their real-world counterparts.
santafe.edu/news
santafe.edu/news
In July, NSF announced a $100M investment in AI research across six institutes. Three SFI researchers will contribute: @melaniemitchell.bsky.social & Melanie Moses (UNM) on science underlying AI tools for mental health, and Cris Moore on ML methods for AI accuracy and reliability.
santafe.edu/news
santafe.edu/news
September 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In July, NSF announced a $100M investment in AI research across six institutes. Three SFI researchers will contribute: @melaniemitchell.bsky.social & Melanie Moses (UNM) on science underlying AI tools for mental health, and Cris Moore on ML methods for AI accuracy and reliability.
santafe.edu/news
santafe.edu/news
The 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships applications are open, offering early-career scholars intellectual freedom, transdisciplinary collaboration with leading researchers, and a competitive salary with research and collaboration funds.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
September 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships applications are open, offering early-career scholars intellectual freedom, transdisciplinary collaboration with leading researchers, and a competitive salary with research and collaboration funds.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
Reserve your free tickets to SFI’s Community Lecture with Dan Rockmore: “Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI,” on September 16, 7:30pm at @TheLensic.
Generative AI is reshaping how people come up with ideas — for better and for worse.
Tickets: lensic.org/events/sfi-d...
Generative AI is reshaping how people come up with ideas — for better and for worse.
Tickets: lensic.org/events/sfi-d...
September 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reserve your free tickets to SFI’s Community Lecture with Dan Rockmore: “Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI,” on September 16, 7:30pm at @TheLensic.
Generative AI is reshaping how people come up with ideas — for better and for worse.
Tickets: lensic.org/events/sfi-d...
Generative AI is reshaping how people come up with ideas — for better and for worse.
Tickets: lensic.org/events/sfi-d...
Can courts safeguard fairness in an AI age?
SFI's Cris Moore and Stephanie Forrest, with colleagues in the Computing Community Consortium, offer guidance on how AI might be used responsibly in the U.S. criminal justice system.
https://santafe.edu/news
SFI's Cris Moore and Stephanie Forrest, with colleagues in the Computing Community Consortium, offer guidance on how AI might be used responsibly in the U.S. criminal justice system.
https://santafe.edu/news
September 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Can courts safeguard fairness in an AI age?
SFI's Cris Moore and Stephanie Forrest, with colleagues in the Computing Community Consortium, offer guidance on how AI might be used responsibly in the U.S. criminal justice system.
https://santafe.edu/news
SFI's Cris Moore and Stephanie Forrest, with colleagues in the Computing Community Consortium, offer guidance on how AI might be used responsibly in the U.S. criminal justice system.
https://santafe.edu/news
The latest issue of SFI's monthly e-newsletter is now available. Catch up on August's news and sign up to receive the next issue in your inbox. https://f.mtr.cool/wcwqgvjctd
September 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The latest issue of SFI's monthly e-newsletter is now available. Catch up on August's news and sign up to receive the next issue in your inbox. https://f.mtr.cool/wcwqgvjctd
SFI welcomes ten new External Faculty members for 2025.
These distinguished researchers expand our global network and help advance the science of complex systems across disciplines and institutions.
Learn more about them here: santafe.edu/news
These distinguished researchers expand our global network and help advance the science of complex systems across disciplines and institutions.
Learn more about them here: santafe.edu/news
August 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
SFI welcomes ten new External Faculty members for 2025.
These distinguished researchers expand our global network and help advance the science of complex systems across disciplines and institutions.
Learn more about them here: santafe.edu/news
These distinguished researchers expand our global network and help advance the science of complex systems across disciplines and institutions.
Learn more about them here: santafe.edu/news
Did you miss SFI’s 30th Ulam Lectures with Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan? They're now available to watch on SFI’s YouTube channel. Two lectures on the molecular machinery of life and the science of aging.
Watch here:
Night 1 - youtu.be/xJ5BFBbakSk&t
Night 2 - youtu.be/uhK9ElOZ7n4
Watch here:
Night 1 - youtu.be/xJ5BFBbakSk&t
Night 2 - youtu.be/uhK9ElOZ7n4
August 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Did you miss SFI’s 30th Ulam Lectures with Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan? They're now available to watch on SFI’s YouTube channel. Two lectures on the molecular machinery of life and the science of aging.
Watch here:
Night 1 - youtu.be/xJ5BFBbakSk&t
Night 2 - youtu.be/uhK9ElOZ7n4
Watch here:
Night 1 - youtu.be/xJ5BFBbakSk&t
Night 2 - youtu.be/uhK9ElOZ7n4
Tomorrow: Venki Ramakrishnan returns for night two of the 30th Ulam Lecture Series to explore what science reveals about aging and death—and the future of longevity. Based on his 2024 book Why We Die.
Free tickets: lensic.org/events/30th-ulam-lecture-series or watch the live stream on SFI’s YouTube
Free tickets: lensic.org/events/30th-ulam-lecture-series or watch the live stream on SFI’s YouTube
August 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Tomorrow: Venki Ramakrishnan returns for night two of the 30th Ulam Lecture Series to explore what science reveals about aging and death—and the future of longevity. Based on his 2024 book Why We Die.
Free tickets: lensic.org/events/30th-ulam-lecture-series or watch the live stream on SFI’s YouTube
Free tickets: lensic.org/events/30th-ulam-lecture-series or watch the live stream on SFI’s YouTube