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Sarah Wilson Sokhey wears a gray blazer and black shirt. Behind her, a view of the CU Boulder campus and Flatirons.

University of Colorado System spotlight on Sarah Wilson Sokhey

We’ve all seen IBS Fellow and associate professor of political science, Sarah Wilson Sokhey, in the news. Her research involves comparative politics and political economy, and she has been a leading expert on U.S., Ukraine and Russia relations with her Ukrainian Resilience Speaker Series. But did you know Sokhey is also a President’s Teaching Scholar

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IBS grad student, Benjamin Vandreew on what is “woke” in America

What is the definition of “woke” in America? And who determines what is and isn’t woke? CU Boulder Political Science grad student and IBS grad student, Benjamin Vandreew, investigated just that in a recent paper for the journal Research and Politics. Vandreew and his coauthors surveyed average Americans, asking them to assign what is and isn’t

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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.