Thank you for your interest in the Santa Fe Institute. We post announcements to this employment web page only when we have an opening. Please peruse our web site, especially the staff page, for an idea of our size and the range of positions employed. For other questions about employment at SFI, please send e-mail to employ@santafe.edu. The Santa Fe Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively seek and encourage applications from minorities, women, and people with disabilities.

Resident Faculty Search

SFI seeks applications for full-time, 12-month resident faculty positions at all academic levels. 

Complex Systems Summer School Journalism Fellowship

SFI offers a journalism fellowship for accomplished reporters. National and international journalists with a demonstrated interest in and record of reporting about matters related to complex systems are encouraged to apply for this residential fellowship in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Application is open until February 17, 2025. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Computational Complexity and Social Evolution

SFI has an opening for a two-year full-time postdoc. We are seeking a highly motivated scholar with expertise in Computer Science and a desire to apply their expertise to analyze the evolution of human social systems from pre-historic times up to the present. This two-year position is part of a project inspired by recent results uncovering deep connections among information theory, energy expenditure and harvesting, and computation. The goal is to investigate the long-term evolution of human social complexity through the lens of computer science theory. This position is based in-person in Santa Fe, NM. 

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