IBS/Program on International Development Speaker Series: Calla Hummel
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Do Remittances Increase Support for LGBTQ+ Rights? Abstract: People who have migrated to new countries send billions of dollars in remittances to family members each year. Research shows that receiving remittances influences the recipient’s voting, political engagement, and beliefs. Our project asks: ... Read more
IBS/Prevention Science Program Speaker Series: Nadine Finigan-Carr
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: The Syndemic of Injustice Impacting Black Youth Abstract: Sex trafficking of children and youth is receiving significant attention from practitioners, researchers, and policymakers. Recognition that sex trafficking constitutes a form of child abuse has increased; however, there is still a need for ... Read more
IBS/Program on International Development Speaker Series: Alex Siegel
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin in person 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: How do authoritarian regimes use co-optation and coercion of influential internet users to control online information? This paper explores how the Saudi regime co-opted prominent Wikipedia administrators to alter content on sensitive domestic and foreign political topics. ... Read more
IBS Speaker Series: Amy Javernick-Will
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Enhancing the sustainability and resiliency of infrastructure: Collaboratively strengthening systems Abstract: Dr. Javernick-Will’s research group, Global Projects and Organizations, studies pathways to sustainable and resilient communities and infrastructure systems, often in resource-limited and multi-hazard contexts. Dr. Javernick-Will’s work takes a systems perspective ... Read more
PSP Guest Talk: Dr. Brittany Cooper
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COTitle: Promoting a Healthy and Equitable Society through Research-Policy-Practice Partnerships: New Horizons in Prevention Science. Abstract: As President of the national Society for Prevention Research, Dr. Cooper will speak to the current state of the prevention science field and her predictions for the field over the next decade. Bio: Dr. Brittany Cooper's program of research ... Read more
IBS Speaker Series: Regina Bateson
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COTitle: Human Rights or Criminals' Rights? How Crime Undermines Support for Human Rights in Central America Abstract: Amidst iron-fisted policing, state repression, and political violence, human rights advocacy remains critically important in Central America. Yet human rights are a contested concept in the region. Across multiple years of ethnographic research in Guatemala, we have often ... Read more
IBS Speaker Series: Teresa Wroe
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COhttps://youtu.be/b7ZX22dv-H8 Title: Addressing Microaggressions Abstract: Microaggressions are everyday interactions that signal someone is being seen through the lens of a stereotype. While they are often subtle and brief, the cumulative impact is not. This interactive session provides skills for effectively addressing and repairing the harm of microaggressions. Bio: Teresa Wroe is currently the Assistant Vice ... Read more
IBS Speaker Series: IBS Flash Talks
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Robert Wyrod (PID): Global China & Africa Scott Ortman (E&S): What the archaeological record reveals about inequality Sharon DeWitte (H&S): Migrant health in medieval London Karl Hill (PSP): Addressing suicide prevention through upstream universal childhood intervention Lori Hunter, Tania Barham, Elizabeth Montoya (POP): Migration, ... Read more
IBS/Center for the Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology Speaker Series: Luis Bettencourt
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COLink to recording: https://youtu.be/y6y8S83kji8 Join in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Urban science and its implications: from large societal transformations to changes in behavior and cognition Abstract: Cities are some of the most spectacular and pervasive manifestation of our human capacity for ultrasociality. New evidence throughout history and from ... Read more
IBS/CUPC Speaker Series: Laura Sochas
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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
IBS Speaker Series: Leigh Senderowicz
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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
Book Reading by Gary Machlis
Boulder Public Library - Canyon Theatre 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, Colorado, United StatesJoin 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
IBS Lecture & Conversation: Gary Machlis
IBS 155 Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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
IBS Speaker Series: Alex Siegel
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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
IBS Speaker Series: Jamie Haverkamp
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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
Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Support
Scott Carpenter Park 1505 30th Street, Boulder, Colorado, United StatesJoin 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
IBS Speaker Series: Shane Singh
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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
IBS Speaker Series: James Densley
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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
IBS Speaker Series Jessor Lecture: Alex Ezeh
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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
Richard Jessor Distinguished Lecture: Alex Ezeh
IBS 155 Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COLecture 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
Environment and Society Seminar: Monica Youngman
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COTitle: 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
IBS Speaker Series: IBS Flash Talks
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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:
Population Program Webinar: Demographers Respond to Rising Pronatalism
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
IBS Speaker Series: Stephen Billings
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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
IBS/CNAIS Workshop: Conservation and Relational Ecologies (CARE)
Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th St, Boulder, Colorado, United StatesAbout: This workshop will bring together academics and practitioners from across the University of Colorado campus, and around the world to share ideas, stories, concerns and success stories with each other and the wider audience, on how to bridge global conservation needs within science and policy agendas with Indigenous knowledge, ways of living, and ways of ... Read more
IBS Speaker Series & CNAIS: Roundtable Discussion on Conservation and Indigenous Peoples
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin 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:
IBS Speaker Series: Michelangelo Landgrave
IBS 155A Institute of Behavioral Science 1440 15th Street, Boulder, COJoin in person at IBS 155 or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password.*Light lunch served at 11:45 a.m. Title: Immigration is Difficult?! Bio: Michelangelo Landgrave (he/him/él) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. He serves as the lab director for the Research on Accountability, Civics, and Equity Lab. Landgrave specializes in state and local politics, legislative ... Read more