The Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) is committed to advancing knowledge of society’s most pressing challenges, and to pursuing solutions to those challenges through innovative and interdisciplinary research, education, and engagement in the world.
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The Environment and Society Program will have a new interim director for the 2025-26 academic year: Amir Behzadan! Amir is an IBS Fellow, professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at CU Boulder, and director of the Connected Informatics and Built Environment Research (CIBER) Lab. Get to know Amir in our interview below,
This summer, visiting scholar Bárbara Nascimento Flores hosted two Indigenous scholars at the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS). During their visit, they partnered with the Center for the Governance of Natural Resources at IBS to found the Center Wayrakuna of Indigenous Ancestral Sciences (CWIAS). The CWIAS will foster scientific, political, cultural, and spiritual exchange among Indigenous women across
IBS hosts a variety of events for the larger community to learn about new research in the behavioral and social sciences. We offer our biannual Jessor Lectures, our fall and spring semester weekly Speaker Series, as well as a variety of conferences and training sessions. Events are often held both online and in-person at the IBS Building.
IBS draws faculty from across the social and behavioral sciences in work that transcends disciplinary boundaries and illuminates the complexity of social behavior and social life.
