The Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis

The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis was founded in 1973 by the Ostroms. Over its 40–year history, Workshop scholars have produced important research and taught generations of students about the ways in which governance institutions can be crafted to enhance human well-being, while promoting democratic principles and sustainable resource management. Today, the Ostrom Workshop is home to a vibrant community of interdisciplinary scholars, including professors, graduate students, and visiting scholars from around the world who carry on Vincent and Lin’s mission of improving human understanding of combined social and ecological systems.

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The May 2013 issue of Polycentric Circles newsletter is now online.
Congratulations to Burney Fischer, who is a recipient of a 2013 Arbor Day Award in honor of his outstanding contribution to tree planting, conservation, and stewardship. See also http://www.arborday.org/programs/awards/2013/?award=olmsted and IU News Room article, April 23, 2013.
Search for Executive Director of the Ostrom Workshop.
Elinor Ostrom's portrait is now on permanent display in a new exhibition called “Women of Indiana University” in the East Lounge of the Indiana Memorial Union (see http://viewpoints.iu.edu/art-at-iu/2013/05/02/exhibit-honors-women-of-indiana-university/ and http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/24200.html).
IU earns $4.2 million federal grant to promote higher education for women in South Sudan. Heading the project in the country will be Julia Duany. Inside IUBloomington Story, April 25, 2013.
Curating the Ostroms' Native American Art Collection: IU students practice hands-on curatorship at Mathers Museum of World Cultures. The "Treasures of the Mathers Museum" exhibition, which includes the Ostroms' materials, opens April 28, 2013.
IASC Announces Elinor Ostrom Award.
Elinor Ostrom is featured in a UCLA video featuring famous alumni, The Optimists 2.0 (see also http://www.ucla.edu/optimists/ostrom).
The Ostrom Workshop was highlighted as one of five examples of “Philanthropy at Work” in the IU Foundation’s spring 2013 magazine, Imagine.
The Bloomington Urban Forestry Research Group (BUFRG) is a 2012 co-recipient of the first IU Bloomington Campus Sustainability Awards.

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