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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IBS Fellow and Assistant Professor of environmental studies, Zia Mehrabi, received the Frontier Research Foundation’s Frontiers Planet Prize. Mehrabi and his team were one of only three international recipients. They will receive $1 million in funding to advance their research on farm diversification, expanding on their Science article, “Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture.” “If we want
One out of five incarcerated people in the U.S. have a drug-related charge. But recent research led by Katherine LeMasters shows criminalization is not the answer to the opioid epidemic. The Assistant Professor of medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and IBS Affiliate discusses the impact of Colorado’s Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Bill,
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.
