The Ostrom Lecture on Environmental Policy will be given annually in the spring semester by a distinguished scholar-in-residence. This lecture is a component of the Program on Environment & Natural Resource Governance—created in 2016 to develop a network of scholars to examine the institutions that govern natural resources.
April 14, 2021
The fourth annual Ostrom Lecture on Environmental Policy was presented by Peter Kareiva, CEO and President, Aquarium of Pacific and Research Professor, UCLA. His lecture was titled "The Power and Peril of Narratives in Determining Environmental Policy."
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April 17, 2019
The third annual Ostrom Lecture on Environmental Policy was presented by Barry Rabe, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. Rabe's lecture was titled "The Politics of Carbon Pricing" (see related story in News at IU, April 12, 2019).
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March 28, 2018
The second annual Ostrom Lecture on Environmental Policy was presented by Barton (Buzz) Thompson, Stanford Law School, Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law; Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment. Thompson's lecture was titled "Civil Wars: The Challenges of Interstate Waterways."
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February 22, 2017
The inaugural Ostrom Lecture on Environmental Policy was presented by Terry Anderson of the Hoover Institution. Anderson's lecture was titled "Who Owns the Environment? Lessons from the Legacy of Elinor Ostrom." (See related story in IU Bloomington Newsroom.)
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Beyond the Protest: Anderson Lecture Stimulates Discussion
