Population Program

Robbee Wedow, a former IBS and Sociology graduate student at CU Boulder now at Harvard University, was awarded the Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Award from the Natural Institutes of Health (NIH). This notable award is named after Matilda White Riley who was a renowned scientist known for her contributions to the behavioral and social sciences at the NIH. The NIH celebrates Dr. Matilda White Riley’s legacy through this annual award. Beginning in 2016, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences (OBSSR) started to recognize up and coming scientists by introducing a competition for peer-reviewed articles by
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Robbee Wedow - Early Stage Investigator Award
John O'Loughlin, IBS researcher and Geography professor here at CU Boulder, was highlighted in an article posted by CU Boulder Today.  The CU Boulder Today article discusses his recent study that was published in the journal Nature.  

John O'Loughlin's research in CU Boulder Today
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. But simply pointing a finger at others and saying you shouldn’t be here obscures all the other things we should be thinking about."

The tragedy of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
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 a second year is possible subject to performance evaluation. CUPC, housed in the Institute of Behavioral Science, is a national leader in demographic research on population health, environmental demography and migration patterns and processes. This postdoctoral research position builds on CUPC’s strengths in environmental demography, and
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CUPC Post-doctoral Research Associate in Population-Environment Interactions
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 to develop better-informed policy.” Please read the full article here.  

Dr. Lori Hunter - Nature Sustainability Comment

Robbee Wedow - Early Stage Investigator Award

Robbee Wedow, a former IBS and Sociology graduate student at CU Boulder now at Harvard University, was awarded the Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Award from the Natural Institutes of Health (NIH). This notable award is named after Matilda White Riley who was a renowned scientist known for her contributions to the behavioral and social sciences at the NIH. The NIH celebrates Dr. Matilda White Riley’s legacy through this annual award. Beginning in 2016, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences (OBSSR) started to recognize up and coming scientists by introducing a competition for peer-reviewed articles by
Read More.
John O'Loughlin's research in CU Boulder Today

John O'Loughlin, IBS researcher and Geography professor here at CU Boulder, was highlighted in an article posted by CU Boulder Today.  The CU Boulder Today article discusses his recent study that was published in the journal Nature.  
The tragedy of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’

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. But simply pointing a finger at others and saying you shouldn’t be here obscures all the other things we should be thinking about."
CUPC Post-doctoral Research Associate in Population-Environment Interactions

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 a second year is possible subject to performance evaluation. CUPC, housed in the Institute of Behavioral Science, is a national leader in demographic research on population health, environmental demography and migration patterns and processes. This postdoctoral research position builds on CUPC’s strengths in environmental demography, and
Read More.
Dr. Lori Hunter - Nature Sustainability Comment

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 to develop better-informed policy.” Please read the full article here.

Apply for a Population and Health PhD from CU Boulder's Dept of Sociology (PDF)

Researchers in the Population Program study population dynamics and human well-being in a large variety of contemporary and historical settings. Birth, death, marriage and migration combine with culture to shape the human experience. This powerful combination allows us to understand the dynamics of social and health inequalities, human responses to environmental change, and the causes and consequences of human migration for individuals and places.

The Population Program is home to the CU Population Center, funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. It draws interdisciplinary researchers from across campus and beyond, with expertise in anthropology, behavioral genetics, demography, economics, geography, history, information science, psychology, and sociology.

The Population Program offers an outstanding training environment and student research opportunities, and houses CU Boulder's Graduate Certificate in Population Studies.

CU Population Center

Engaging in interdisciplinary population research and training, exploring demographic processes, particularly environmental demography, migration and population distribution, and health and mortality.
African Population Studies

Building strong collaborative research linkages with select African institutions, focusing on health, migration, population, and environment.

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.