Elinor ostrom theory
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In memory of Dr. Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012)
I first met Dr. Elinor Ostrom when she came to The University of British Columbia as a Visiting Professor and stayed at Green College. While at the time, none of my PhD research really had anything to do with neoinstitutionalism or rational choice theory per se, I knew of her work and read much of her scholarly production because I wrote PhD comprehensive exams in Political Science and Comparative Public Policy. She was invited to speak at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (where I did my PhD) and also gave a few other public lectures, several of them at Green College (where I lived as a graduate student). Dr. Ostrom brought along on her trip her husband, Dr. Vincent Ostrom. After giving a brown-bag lecture, I walked them back to Green College and they graciously offered to buy me lunch.
We spent the next 3 hours discussing neoinstitutionalism, rational choice theory, and which Mexican scholars were doing common pool resource theory (CPR). Elinor (or Lin as most people called her) wanted to connect me with a
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Elinor Ostrom: An Uncommon Scholar
By: Alexandria Ruschman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies and Central Eurasian Studies, IU Bloomington
Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants
It’s not just elected officials and top executives who are brilliant. There are many individuals who have pretty good insights. I want to enable them.[1]–Elinor Ostrom
Indiana University’s history is full of countless faculty members who led groundbreaking academic careers, all while contributing to the improvement of IU and local communities. There is possibly no better example of this than Elinor Ostrom, longtime professor of political science at Indiana University and the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009.
While Ostrom is best known for her Nobel Prize winning work on shared governance of the “The Commons,” the many IU faculty, staff, and students who worked closely with her knew her as an outstanding colleague, mentor, and teacher.
In the last decade, nearly two dozen of her students have received N
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