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.
Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) Fellow and Associate Research Professor, Christine Steeger, is our inaugural Associate Director at IBS! Before joining the Institute in 2017, Christine was a research scientist in the Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the University of Washington. Her research interests include prevention science, developmental psychopathology, etiology of problem behaviors (risk and
Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) play a critical role in brokering peace agreements in developing world conflicts. This is according to recent research co-authored by IBS Fellow and Professor of political science at CU Boulder, Jaroslav Tir. Tir discusses his research, “Civil War Mediation in the Shadow of
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.
