Cultural traits — the information, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and practices that shape the character of a population — are ...

Medieval friar William of Ockham posited a famous idea: always pick the simplest explanation. Often referred to as the parsimony principle, “Ockham’s razor” has shaped scientific decisions for ...

Applications for the third Complexity Global School (CGS) are now open. Like last year, the school will  be hosted at ...

The possible distinction between inanimate and living matter has been of interest to humanity for thousands of years. Clearly, such a rich question can not be answered in a single manner, and a ...

Everything from information-swallowing black holes to chaos in arithmetic.

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.

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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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