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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Brigid Mark, a PhD student in sociology at CU Boulder and a graduate research assistant at the Natural Hazards Center, has received several notable accolades for her research and activism this spring. Mark is the inaugural recipient of the Ed and Martha Greenberg Graduate Student Excellence Award, which awards $2,000 to the best grad student-authored
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
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.
