Remembering Elinor and Vincent Ostrom
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Selected Obituaries and Tributes
- On June 12, Elinor Ostrom’s article, “Green from the Grassroots,” was published by Project Syndicate.
- Alternative Economiques [in French], Elinor Ostrom ou la revanche de la coopération sur la concurrence, by Jacques Weber
- Arizona State University News, In memory: Elinor Ostrom, a scholarly giant in the social sciences
- Badische Zeitung [in German], Für Elinor Ostrom begann Klimaschutz zuhause
- BBC Radio 4, "Last Word," Interview by Matthew Bannister with Daniel Cole [forward iPlayer to 06.07]
- Bloomberg News, Elinor Ostrom, Only Female With Economics Nobel, Dies at 78, by Alex Kowalski
- The Boston Globe, In Elinor Ostrom’s legacy, a lesson for Beacon Hill, by Dr. Donald M. Berwick
- Catalyst, IU Office of Sustainability Newsletter, issue 25, June 28
- Citizen Matters, Bangalore, Nobel laureate, supporter of Bengaluru’s lake revival, passes away, by Harini Nagendra
- Conference on Design and Dynamics of Institutions for Collective Action, "A Tribute to Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012)" (archived broadcast), Utrecht University, November 29, 2012 (program)
- Current Science 103(4) (August 25, 2012), Elinor Ostrom: 1933–2012, by Harini Nagendra
- Ecology and Society 17(2) (2012): 31. "An uncommon scholar of the commons," by C. Folke, J. M. Anderies, L. Gunderson, and M. A. Janssen
- Economic & Political Weekly, XLVII(34) (August 25, 2012), "Remembering Elinor Ostrom," by Vikram Dayal, Rucha Ghate, Nilanjan Ghosh, Kanchan Chopra, and Harini Nagendra
- The Economist, June 18, Tribute, Elinor Ostrom
- The Economist, June 28, Elinor Ostrom, defender of the commons, died on June 12th, aged 78
- Feminist Economics, “Creating a Space where Gender Matters: Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) talks with Ann Mari May and Gale Summerfield.” Online First, November 8, 2012.
- Forests News, 'A Message of Hope': Esther Mwangi reflects on her mentor & advisor, Elinor Ostrom
- FREE (Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment), Commentary, Lin Ostrom, by John Baden
- The Guardian, Elinor Ostrom obituary, by Daniel Cole
- The Guardian, Poverty Matter blog, Elinor Ostrom's trailblazing commons research can inspire Rio+20, by Ruth Meinzen-Dick
- Huffington Post, June 13, Farewell, Lin Ostrom, by David Sloan Wilson
- Indiana Daily Student, Shortly after death of wife, Vincent Ostrom dies
- Indiana University, Tributes to Elinor Ostrom
- Indy Star, IU professor Elinor Ostrom's legacy is only beginning
- International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), IASC deeply regrets the passing of Elinor Ostrom
- International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI), IFRI mourns the passing of founder Elinor Ostrom
- IU News Release
- The Journal Gazette, IU’s Ostrom taught lessons to last lifetime, by Mark GiaQuinta
- The Monkey Cage, Elinor Ostrom and Camp Wopatopa, by Rick Wilson
- Journal of Institutional Economics, published online April 10, 2013, "Two Enduring Lessons from Elinor Ostrom," by Brett M. Frischmann
- National Public Radio (NPR)
- Nature, 487(172) (July 12, 2012),
doi:10.1038/487172a, Obituary, Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012), by Marco Janssen
- The New York Times
- Nobel Prize website, Autobiography of Elinor Ostrom
- OpEdNews, "Elinor Ostrom's Legacy," August 1, 2012. First published on Worldwatch Institute's blog.
- The Oriental Daily [in Chinese] by Jianxun Wang
- Diego Pacheco, "An unexpected posthumous tribute to Elinor Ostrom: Self-organized institutions are no longer invisible in the twenty-first century in the context of the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of its components," October 2012
- PLOS/Biology, "Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012): Pioneer in the Interdisciplinary Science of Coupled Social-Ecological Systems"
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), "Elinor Ostrom: An Uncommon Woman for the Commons," by Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert O. Keohane, and Simon A. Levin, PNAS 109(33) (2012): 13135–13136; published ahead of print July 30, 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1210827109.
- PS: Political Science & Politics 45(4) (October 2012): 791–92, "In Memoriam: Elinor Ostrom," by Nives Dolsak, Margaret Levi, and Aseem Prakash.
- PS: Political Science & Politics 45(4) (October 2012): 792–95, "In Memoriam: Vincent Ostrom," by Barbara Allen and Roberta Herzberg.
- Public Administration Review, "Virtual Issue: A Tribute to Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom"
- Public Choice, 153(3–4) (December 2012), "Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012)," by Roberta Herzberg and Barbara Allen
- Public Choice, 154(3–4) (March 2013), "Remembering Vincent Ostrom: Unhorsing a Dominant Paradigm," by David Lowery
- Science, Retrospective: Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012), by Rick K. Wilson
- Solutions (Sept/Oct 2012), Idea Lab/Noteworthy, "Elinor Ostrom 1933-2012" by Thomas Dietz
- Southern Economic Journal, 79(3) (January 2013), "In Honor of Elinor Ostrom," by James C. Cox
- Southern Economic Journal, 79(3) (January 2013), "A Tribute to Elinor Ostrom August 7, 1933–June 12, 2012," by James M. Walker
- Southern Economic Journal, 79(3) (January 2013), "Elinor Ostrom: A Magnificent and Irreplaceable Treasure,” by Rick K. Wilson and Catherine C. Eckel
- Video by J Tom Webb, tribute to Elinor Ostrom prepared for the Imagine 2012: International Conference on Co-Operative Economics, Quebec City, Canada, October 6–8, 2012
- Workshop Polycentric Circles newsletter 8(1) (November 2012)
- Workshop Polycentric Circles newsletter 7(2) (June 2012)
