Santa Fe Institute

The Santa Fe Institute is a private, not-for-profit, independent research and education center, founded in 1984, where leading scientists grapple with some of the most compelling and complex problems of our time.

Researchers come to the Santa Fe Institute from universities, government agencies, research institutes, and private industry to collaborate across disciplines, merging ideas and principles of many fields -- from physics, mathematics, and biology to the social sciences and the humanities -- in pursuit of creative insights that improve our world.

The Institute's scientific and educational missions are supported by philanthropic individuals and foundations, forward-thinking partner companies, and government science agencies.

Events News

'Science On Screen' Thursday: Groundhog Day, with Murray Gell-Mann
May 15, 2012 -

This Thursday evening, May 17, in Santa Fe, SFI's Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann joins screenwriter Danny Rubin to give Groundhog Day a novel spin: Can Bill Murray help us understand the essence of scientific practice?

Live on Twitter: Follow the complexity economics rethink live this week
May 14, 2012 -

The economics status quo isn't working; it's time for a rethink. SFI and the Krasnow Institute present "The Science of Complexity: Understanding the Global Financial Crisis" May 16-18 in Arlington, Virginia. Follow the discussion live on Twitter at #rethink.

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