Exploring complex social systems with a quantitative approach involves abstracting rich and nuanced data. Many tools for ...

In his new monograph, Kierkegaard’s Concept of the Interesting: The Aesthetic Gulf in “Either/Or” I, SFI Research Fellow ...

Articulating and Formalizing Theories of Biological Information” met as part of an ambitious project to develop an ...

A new study in Theory and Society shows that the printing of witch-hunting manuals, particularly the Malleus maleficarum in ...

In the world of science journalism, a variety of fellowships offer opportunities to build skills, network, and find story ...

SFI External Professor Tanmoy Bhattacharya (Los Alamos National Laboratory) has been elected as a fellow of the American ...

In the past, a person might be diagnosed with hysteria — a mental condition for which no useful treatment could be possible, ...

In the world of science journalism, a variety of fellowships offer opportunities to build skills, network, and find story ideas. Several programs invite journalists for a weekend, a month, or even a ...

In discussing the fundamental sources of unpredictability, I shall concentrate on those indeterminacies that are definitely required by theory. Let me therefore begin by eliminating from consideration ...

Themes are institute-wide research topics that draw together large networks of researchers from the extended SFI network and beyond. Over the course of several years, researchers rigorously engage ...

Societies today face daunting challenges: population growth, rapid urbanization, ecological and environmental disturbances, and an unpredictable global marketplace. To address these complex and ...