Will Tracy currently serves we the Vice President for Applied Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute. In that role, he works to bring actionable insights from complexity science to the world of practice. Will is also the PI of Project ARCH, which aims to understand the complex relationship between digital tools, community norms, and intellectual work.

Prior to joining SFI, Will was a faculty member and faculty director for the undergraduate technology management program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and formerly served as the Associate Director of SFI’s CSSS-China program. Will was at the World Bank before entering academia, where he focused on human developmental economics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He has private sector and entrepreneurial experience in the US, China, and India. Will holds a Ph.D. in management with a certificate in human complex systems from UCLA, and a B.A. (cum laude) in economics from Swarthmore College.