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.
In the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, territories with formal Indigenous stewardship experience a 0.77% annual increase in forest cover. This is according to a study published in PNAS Nexus, co-authored by Bárbara Nascimento Flores, a post-doc at IBS and the first of her people, the Borum-Kren, to attend university. Flores’ research focuses on the integration of
IBS Affiliate, Zia Mehrabi, is the U.S. nominee for the Frontier Research Foundation’s Frontiers Planet Prize. Three award winners are chosen from a pool of 19 international nominees, each working to combat the world’s ecological crisis. Mehrabi sat down with Clint Talbot, assistant dean for communications for the College of Arts and Sciences, to discuss his work 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.
