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Recent News About Santa Fe Institute
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In a recent study published in Psychological Review, researchers have developed a model to explain how personal risk tolerance shapes societal evolution.
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Max Jerdee has joined the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) as a Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow.
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A recent special issue of Philosophical Transactions B addresses the question of how life originated, focusing on universal principles rather than the specific history of Earth.
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A recent study led by Santa Fe Institute Professor Chris Kempes examines the process of encapsulation, which is fundamental to life.
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In 2018, Sahana Subramanyam, then an economics major at Azim Premji University in India, participated in the Santa Fe Institute’s (SFI) summer research program for undergraduates.
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Shuhao Fu has joined the Santa Fe Institute as a Program Postdoctoral Fellow, focusing on artificial intelligence research.
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In the 1980s and 1990s, the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) was a center for the development of agent-based modeling (ABM), a method that simulates economies by focusing on individual differences and interactions rather than averages.
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Most people understand the health risks of smoking, yet many continue to smoke.
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Global markets are increasingly seen as complex systems influenced by feedback loops, unexpected disruptions, and adaptive behaviors that do not always fit standard economic models.
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SFI’s Postdocs in Complexity Global Conference brought together 53 early-career researchers from different countries for a four-day event held September 16–19, 2025.
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Complexity science is increasingly being used to interpret archaeological data, according to a new book by Santa Fe Institute External Professor Stefani Crabtree of Utah State University.
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Every society faces the challenge of creating an effective set of tools to address its needs.
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In 2022, the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) established the Lou Schuyler Seed Grant Fund, an initiative created by donor Hank Schuyler in memory of his late wife.
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Visiting Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Jacob Calvert has joined the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) to further his research on collective behaviors in physical and biological systems.
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Since the 1970s, the price of solar-energy systems has dropped by more than 99 percent.
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SFI External Professor Luis Bettencourt and Nicholas Marchio from the University of Chicago have developed a new approach to mapping infrastructure needs across sub-Saharan Africa.
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SFI External Professor Jessika Trancik, who is also a professor at MIT and a former SFI Omidyar Fellow, has been appointed as the director of MIT’s Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC).
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In August, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and AIP Foundation held an event in downtown Santa Fe to honor France Córdova, who serves as an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
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A group of scholars from mathematics, computer science, and the humanities is set to gather at the Santa Fe Institute for a working group titled “The New New Science,” scheduled for September 15–18.
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The National Science Foundation has announced a $100 million investment in artificial intelligence research, allocating funds to six Research Institutes across the country.