Governing the Commons：The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

ElinorOstrom(néeAwan;bornAugust7,1933)isanAmericanpoliticaleconomist.[2]Shewasawardedthe2009NobelMemorialPrizeinEconomicSciences,whichshesharedwithOliverE.Williamson,for"heranalysisofeconomicgovernance,especiallythecommons."[3]Shewasthefirst,andtodate,theonlywomantowintheprizeinthiscategory.Herworkisassociatedwiththenewinstitutionaleconomicsandtheresurgenceofpoliticaleconomy.[4]OstromlivesinBloomington,IN,andisonthefacultyofbothIndianaUniversityandArizonaStateUniversity.SheholdsaDistinguishedProfessoratIndianaUniversityandistheArthurF.BentleyProfessorofPoliticalScienceandCo-DirectoroftheWorkshopinPoliticalTheoryandPolicyAnalysisatIndianaUniversityinBloomington,aswellasResearchProfessorandtheFoundingDirectoroftheCenterfortheStudyofInstitutionalDiversityatArizonaStateUniversityinTempe.OstromalsoservesasaleadresearcherfortheSustainableAgricultureandNaturalResourceManagementCollaborativeResearchSupportProgram(SANREMCRSP),managedbyVirginiaTechandfundedbyUSAID.[5]