Santa Fe
Institute

The world headquarters for complexity science

As an independent, multidisciplinary research center, we are searching for order in the complexity of evolving worlds.

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What they say about us

...the mecca for the science of 'complex systems.'


— Quanta magazine

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Research Themes

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The Feldstein Program on Law, History, and Regulation

By studying legal systems, we will gain deeper insights into the evolution of human societies and cultures.

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The Limits Series

We are exploring fundamental limits in nominally unrelated systems, ultimately to probe the limits of our current scientific theories.

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Invention & Innovation

How does novelty—both advantageous and unsuccessful—define evolutionary processes in technological, biological, and social systems?

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Mental Models of Complexity

Can the ideas and mental models from complexity science be extended and applied beyond academia, to business, policy, and government?

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