The concept of emergence, and several auxiliary ideas, including coarse-graining, effective theory, and compression, play a huge role in complexity science. Formalizing emergence is becoming more ...

Science Board & Trustees Symposium on The Emergent Political Economy of Climate Change ...

Sole, R. V.,Valverde, S. Large-scale evolution involves several layers of complexity spanning multiple scales, from genes and organisms to whole ecosystems. In this article, we review several models ...

Neo-Darwinism and the Problem of Competition. Neo-Darwinian evolution can be described compactly by the formula, “adaptation = variation + heredity + selection.” Here “variation” refers to the fact ...

SFI External Professor Raissa D’Souza (UC Davis) has been elected as a 2024 Fellow at the American Association for the ...

In many careers, a person must learn foundational skills before advancing deeper into their profession. Computer programmers need a solid foundation in basic mathematics; nurses must gain clinical ...

SFI External Professor Raissa D’Souza (UC Davis) has been elected as a 2024 Fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Aiming to chart a more sustainable path for governing our nation’s grid, representatives spanning physics, law, energy regulation, economics, and even evolutionary dynamics is meeting April 9–11 at ...

We introduce an aggregation process that is based on templating, where a specified number of constituent clusters must assemble on a larger scaffold aggregate for a reaction to occur. A simple example ...

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.

The adoption and diffusion of new technologies, including those associated with energy distribution and management, requires a deep appreciation of the properties and diversity of social systems.