2016

Write-up of WAF Aurelian Craiutu's New Book in NYTimes

Monday, December 19, 2016

Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2016.

Decentralization can help Reduce Deforestation when User Groups Engage with Local Government

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Using quasi-experimental methods, we find that the environmental effects of decentralization reforms depend on how the reforms affect the conditions for user groups to govern their forests. Our findings show that decentralization to general-purpose governments may be most effective in places where forest users take advantage of opportunities to engage with local politicians about forestry issues.

Experts Assess College Affordability Proposals

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Article about daylight savings, with input also from David Gerard.

Interview with Lee Alston, Director of the Ostrom Workshop

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Ostrom Workshop Director Named Cliometric Society Fellow

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Lee Alston, professor of economics and director of the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis has been named a fellow of the Cliometric Society.

WAF Gwen Arnold wins John Kincaid Publius Best Article Award

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Awarded to the article "When Cooperative Federalism Isn't: How US Federal Interagency Contradictions Impede Effective Wetland Management." The award is given to the best article in Publius during the last calendar year.

Effects of Migration on Collective Action in the Commons: Evidence from Rural China

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

August 2016 Issue of Polycentric Circles newsletter

Friday, August 26, 2016

Clearing the Smoke from Wildfire Policy: An Economic Perspective

Friday, August 26, 2016

Special issue links Ostrom research to study of nonprofits and voluntary action

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

A special August 2016 issue of the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterlycelebrates the legacy of the late Indiana University scholar Elinor Ostrom and applies her insights and theories to new research in the area of nonprofit organizations and voluntary action.

The Good News From Brazil

Tuesday, August 09, 2016

It's always the problems that get the headlines. But if you look under the surface, you'll see that the rule of law is taking shape.

Brazil and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games

Friday, August 05, 2016

IU Professor’s Book: Brazil May be Making ‘Critical Transition’

Thursday, August 04, 2016

Writeup in New York Times on Lueck's Wildfire Report

Monday, August 01, 2016

Clearing the Smoke from Wildfire Policy

Friday, July 22, 2016

Essay by new director of Governance of Natural Resources Program Dean Lueck.

Polycentric Transformation in Kenyan Water Governance

Friday, July 22, 2016

Article by Paul McCord, Jampel Dell'Angelo, Elizabeth Baldwin and Tom Evans in Policy Studies Journal.

Environmental Governance for All

Friday, June 10, 2016

Eduardo Brondizio and Francois-Michel Le Tourneau, “Environmental Governance for All,” Science

Why Countries Transition? The Case of Brazil, 1964–2016

Saturday, June 04, 2016

Lee Alston et al., “Why Countries Transition? The Case of Brazil, 1964–2016.” Atlantic Economic Journal, Online First

Common Threads: Connections among the Ideas of Jane Jacobs & Elinor Ostrom...

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Common Threads: Connections among the Ideas of Jane Jacobs and Elinor Ostrom, and their Relevance to Urban Socio-Ecology, The Nature of Cities

Interview podcast with Bernardo Mueller

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Interview podcast with Bernardo Mueller (Workshop Visiting Scholar) by Lawrence Thlabane, Power Breakfast in South Africa, May 17, 2016

SGMA and the Challenge of Groundwater Management Sustainability

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Bill Blomquist, "SGMA and the Challenge of Groundwater Management Sustainability," California WaterBlog, May 15, 2016

Is Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment a coup or Brazil’s window of opportunity?

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Lee Alston, “Is Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment a coup or Brazil’s window of opportunity?”The Conversation, May 15, 2016

WAFs Andersson & Evans win Ostrom Memorial Award for Most Innovative Paper of 2015

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Glenn Wright, Krister Andersson, Clark Gibson, and Tom Evans win International Journal of the Commons'sOstrom Memorial Award for Most Innovative Paper of the Year, 2015 for paper "What incentivizes local forest conservation efforts? Evidence from Bolivia."

‘Women of Indiana University’ exhibit at IMU updated with new artwork

Wednesday, January 20, 2016