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.
Can horseback riding impact your skeleton? A new study sheds light on when humans first took to horseback riding, and what we can and can’t discern from skeletal remains. The study, published in Science Advances, was co-authored by Associate Professor of Anthropology, IBS Affiliate and Curator of Archaeology at the CU Museum of Natural History,
More than 66,000 victims of Nepal’s civil war are awaiting justice. Nepal’s truth commissions have yet to bring that justice, but their renewal for a third round of commissions this August is a tentative step forward. Tracy Fehr, a sociology Ph.D. candidate involved in the Environment and Society Program at IBS, gives her opinion on
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.
