Santa Fe Institute | 31,878 followers on LinkedIn. Independent research and education center pioneering the science of complex adaptive systems since 1984. | The Santa Fe Institute is the world headquarters for complexity science, operated as an independent, not-for-profit research and education center located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the Santa Fe Institute, we search for the hidden order in the evolved universe. Our researchers endeavor to understand and unify the underlying, shared patterns in complex physical, biological, social, cultural, technological, and even possible astrobiological worlds.