Complexity in Economic and Social Systems | BSE Summer School, July 6–10, 2026

The Summer School in Complexity and Emergence in Economic and Social Systems is inspired by the pioneering approach of the Santa Fe Institute. This program introduces participants to the tools and ideas central to the study of complex adaptive systems.

Through a combination of lectures, hands-on coding sessions, and interdisciplinary discussions, participants will explore how emergent phenomena—such as financial crises, innovation diffusion, urban growth, and collective decision-making—arise from decentralized interactions among agents.

Many of today’s most pressing social and economic challenges exhibit emergent properties that traditional equilibrium-based methods struggle to explain.

This Summer School addresses that gap by equipping participants with state-of-the-art tools from complexity science, enabling them to analyze systems where collective behavior and adaptation drive outcomes.

Enroll at: bse.eu