"When more women are involved in group decisions about land management, the group conserves more—particularly when offered financial incentives to do so…"In an article published in Nature Climate Change, Krister Andersson, Nathan Cook, and Tara Grillos – all from the Center for the Governance of Natural Resources – demonstrate how involving more women in local
Allison Atteberry, a Fellow at the Institute of Behavioral Sciences and Assistant Professor in the Research and Evaluation Methodology (REM) program within the School of Education at CU Boulder, has recently been recognized for her work evaluating Denver’s ProComp system. ProComp is intended to be a “pay-for-performance compensation system” for Denver’s public-school teachers. However, disagreements over
CU's Arts and Sciences Magazine has published an article about a paper that Lori Hunter, Director of the CU Population Center and the Population Program here at the Institute of Behavioral Science, wrote for Nature Sustainability. "We would not argue that population doesn’t matter at all when it comes to the environment. Of course it matters.
Lori Peek, Director of the Natural Hazards Center at the Institute of Behavioral Sciences, was recently featured on NPR’s Science Friday Book Club. As a guest reader and speaker, Lori discussed the science-fiction novel The Fifth Season with host Ira Flatow and fellow guests, Christie Taylor and Lucy Jones. The Fifth Season is the first
Available position Post-doctoral Research Associate in Population-Environment Interactions CU Population Center Institute of Behavioral Science University of Colorado Boulder CU Population Center (CUPC) at the University of Colorado Boulder is currently recruiting a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in population-environment research, to start August 2019. The initial term of appointment is one year, but reappointment for
Dr. Lori Hunter had a "Comment" published online this week in Nature Sustainability, entitled “Hardin’s Oversimplification of Population Growth”. In summary: “Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons put forward underdeveloped arguments that continue to be reflected in simplistic debates about the drivers and implications of demographic dynamics. It’s time to embrace the complexity that Hardin lacked in order
CU Boulder has been awarded $3 million from the National Science Foundation to use towards a new research facility called CONVERGE. Dr. Lori Peek, a Sociology Professor at the university, will lead the project and serve as the principal investigator for the facility. To learn more about this new addition to CU’s campus, you can
Congratulations to Rashel Gandhi-Besbes for graduating summa cum laude in Anthropology. Her Honor's Program advisor was IBS Environment and Society Program Director Terry McCabe. Rashel's thesis is titled “The Enemies of Conservation: Balancing Humans and Wildlife Within and Surrounding Protected Areas in Tanzania.” Please read the full article posted in the University of Colorado – Boulder's Arts and Sciences
The National Science Foundation recently created CONVERGE – a $3 million research center hosted here at CU-Boulder, specifically with Dr. Lori Peek as the principal investigator on the project. Please read all about this exciting project here. The center is dedicated to bringing together engineering, social sciences, and interdisciplinary teams to reduce hazards losses and
Nnenia Campbell (Ph.D., Research Associate with the Natural Hazards Center) and Brandi Gilbert (Ph.D., Research Associate with the Urban Institute) wrote a post on the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) blog Why Social Science about what social science research related to children and older adults has taught us about building community resilience and enhancing
