The Wednesday Research Series provides a forum for our Graduate Students (who received seed funding for their research projects) and Visiting Scholars to present their work in progress. Research areas of interest may include those traditionally central to Ostrom Workshop research—such as institutional analysis, governance, and democracy—as well as new initiatives or extensions into new thematic areas that support the broad mission of the Ostrom Workshop.
The presenter’s paper will be available in advance of their presentation for participants to read. The presenter will give a formal presentation (up to 30 minutes) followed by audience comments and discussions.
ALL RESEARCH SERIES FOR SPRING 2021 WILL BE PRESENTED VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM, STARTING AT 12:00 EST.
Spring 2021 – Wednesday Research Series
Date | Speaker | Presentation |
February 3
12:00-1:30 pm | Ostrom Book Club with Bobbi Herzberg (Mercatus Center) & Vlad Tarko (University of Arizona) | "A Discussion on the Bloomington School of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom" (Ostrom's Tensions & Elinor Ostrom: An Intellectual Biography)
Intro to Ostrom's Tensions
Chapter – "Beyond a Precarious Balance: Improving the Scientific Rigor and Policy Relevance of Institutional Analyses from the Bloomington School"
Abstract/Bio |
| February 10 | Jaime Carini
Jacobs School of Music, Ostrom Fellow | "Artifact, Artisanship, and Aesthetic Fact"
Abstract/Bio |
| February 17 | Dafna Rachok
Anthropology, Ostrom Fellow | "Developmental Aid, Institutions, and HIV in Ukraine"
Abstact/Bio |
| February 24 | Stanislav Budnitsky*
Russian Studies Workshop, IU | "Russia’s Digital Multipolarity: Toward a Cultural Theory of Internet Governance"
Abstract/Bio |
| March 3 | Sacha Siani
Geography, Ostrom Fellow
| "The Role of Monitoring and Law Enforcement on Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon"
Abstract/Bio |
| March 10 | No Research Series
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| March 17 | Michael Roberts*
University of Massachusetts Amherst
| "Uncharted Groundwater: How a California County Made Sense of a Mandate to Manage Groundwater"
Abstract/Bio |
| March 24 | IU Break
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| March 31 | Jorge Rios Allier
Anthropology, Research Awardee
| "The Use of Institutional Analysis (IAD) for Defining Focal Action Situations in Mexican Cultural Heritage: PROCEDE-INAH and CONACULTA Outcomes after 1992 Reforms"
Abstract/Bio |
| April 7 | Salih Yasun
Political Science, Research Awardee | "Bureaucrat-Local Politician Relations and Hierarchical Local Governance in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of Tunisia"
Abstract/Bio |
April 14
12:00-1:30 pm | Panel of Ostrom Affiliates and Ostrom Fellows | "Teaching the Workshop’s History and Methods - A Roundtable Discussion"
Abstract/Bio |
| April 21 | Ian Zhengyan Li
O'Neill SPEA, Research Awardee | "Alarmed but Unmoved: The Impact of the Provision of Correct Local Environmental Information"
Abstract/Bio |
| April 28 | Jaime Carini
Jacobs School of Music, Ostrom Fellow | "Musical Style as an Institution: Rules and Human Behavior in Music Composition Practices"
Abstract/Bio |
* Denotes Workshop Visiting Scholar
