Events Calendar

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Critical and quantitative? Squaring the circle in health and population studies. Abstract: While qualitative research presents obvious strengths for critical population studies, quantification is also essential to critical social science’s emancipatory aim. In this talk, I take feminist critiques ... Read more

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: I was obligated to accept: Measurement of coercion and autonomy in global family planning programs Bio: Dr. Leigh Senderowicz (she/her) is a public health researcher and feminist social demographer focusing on global sexual and reproductive health and rights, race, ... Read more

Join Gary Machlis in a book reading and discussion of his new book, Sustainability for the Forgotten. The event will take place at the Boulder Public Library's Canyon Theatre. Machlis will also be a visiting lecturer at IBS on Monday, September 9.  Sustainability for the Forgotten: Bringing the oft-forgotten into the core of the sustainability ... Read more

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Sustainability for the Forgotten: Bringing the oft-forgotten into the core of the sustainability movement. Abstract: Opening with the extraordinary story of a young French priest working in 1968 amongst impoverished villages of northeast Brazil, struggling to bring sustenance, sustainability, and ... Read more

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Co-optation and Coercion of Online Influencers: Evidence from Saudi Wikipedia Abstract: TBD Bio: TBD

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Resisting Climate Coloniality in the Andes: Towards Care-based Adaptation Abstract: TBD Bio: Dr. Jamie Haverkamp (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Bates College. She is also an Affiliate with the Institute of Behavioral Science at CU ... Read more

Join us to honor Denise Porchetta’s contributions to IBS — and to support breast cancer patients and research! Walk or ride scenic loops that circumnavigate Boulder, a dream that Denise sadly left unfulfilled. The walk kicks off at 10 am, Saturday, September 28, 2024, at Scott Carpenter Park, 1505 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80303. As chosen by ... Read more

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Do Emotions Drive the Link Between Winning and Satisfaction with Democracy? Leveraging the Super Bowl, the World Cup, and The Lion King Bio: Singh has been a Democracy Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the Kennedy School ... Read more

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Preventing School Shootings Abstract: Weaving together insights from five active research projects (a mixed-methods study of US mass shooters, a national survey of gun violence exposure, a new database of K-12 school homicides, a mixed-methods study of homicide in ... Read more

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: How well do Demographic Transition Models capture 21st Century experiences of non-European societies? Bio: Alex Ezeh is Dornsife Professor of Global Health at the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University.  Dr. Ezeh’s work focuses on urban health, population change, ... Read more

Lecture from 3:30 - 4:45 pm, Reception from 5 - 6 pm Lecture Title: Realizing transformative change in adolescent health and wellbeing: Why a Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing? Bio: Alex Ezeh is Dornsife Professor of Global Health at the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University.  Dr. Ezeh’s work focuses on urban ... Read more

Title: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Advance the NWS Mission and Transformation Abstract: Artficial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the World with powerful tools with considerable potential for various applications in industries and everyday life. Alongside this potential comes inherent risks that require careful management and oversight. At the same time, the increase in number and intensity ... Read more

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Topics and Speakers:

Abstract: Demographic science does not support catastrophizing about low birth rates and population “collapse.” In this brief webinar, three population scholars place rising pronatalism into scientific perspective. Featuring: Moderated by: Jessica Pieklo - Journalist and Executive Editor, SVP of RewireNewsGroup

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45 am. Title: Fear in the Neighborhood: The Cost of Racial Prejudice Abstract: Residential segregation in the United States is persistent, and even though policymakers tout the benefits of integration, social and economic headwinds limit its progress. These challenges to integration are ... Read more

Join in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45. Title: What is Conservation: How has it been received (as trauma, as protection)? How can it be done differently? And how can the science/research be done differently? Roundtable Participants: