There are three primary collaborators with the Ostrom Workshop, each providing invaluable talent and research expertise toward resource governance and solving the world’s biggest societal problems.
Artisans shaping the Workshop and the world
Meet our collaborators
Visiting scholars
Learn more about current and past visiting scholars and their extensive work with others around IU and global institutions.
Fellows & awardees
If you know a student who excels in the mission of the Workshop, learn about nominating them here.
Workshop Affiliates
Discover more about the people working as affiliates inside and outside IU as Ostrom Affiliates and how to become one.
Our featured collaborators

Subimal Bhattacharjee
Policy Advisor on digital technology issues for corporations and government
Visited the Ostrom Workshop 09/01/2023 - 12/15/2023

William Bianco
Political Science

Brenda Bushouse
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Visited the Ostrom Workshop 01/08/2024-04/30/2024

Christian Freitag
Maurer School of Law

Janine Hiller
Finance, Virginia Tech

Nathalie Mendez
Assistant Professor, School of Government Alberto Lleras Camargo Universidad de los Andes

Jessica O'Reilly
International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School, IU

Justin Sacks
Ph.D. Candidate, Lancaster University, UK
Visiting the Ostrom Workshop 08/21/2023-07/31/2024

Jessy Kate Schingler
Jessy Kate Schingler, Director of Strategy, Open Lunar Foundation, San Francisco
Visiting the Ostrom Workshop 09/05/23 - 10/5/23

Hanna Schreiber
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, Department of Policy Research Methodology, University of Warsaw
Visited the Ostrom Workshop 08/30/2023 - 09/30/2023

Yanhua shi
Ph.D. Candidate in her third year from the Department of Environmental Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Visited the Ostrom Workshop 10/01/2023 - 12/31/2023

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Vincent Ostrom