This project centers around interviews with professional and/or personal acquaintances of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom. Every interview explores a unique relationship with the Ostroms and the continuing impact of the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University. Elinor (Lin) and Vincent Ostrom founded the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis in 1973.The Ostrom Workshop has been the catalyst for worldwide collaboration in the field of public policy and environmental issues. "Coming Together" is an interdisciplinary exploration of the legacy and impact of Elinor (Lin) and Vincent Ostrom. Major topics include; academia, "the commons", cross-disciplinary collaboration, Elinor Ostrom's Nobel Prize, the Ostrom Workshop, political science, political theory, and the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW) conference. The project was created to assist in the dissertation research of Sara Catherine Clark, who was a doctoral candidate within the School of Education, pursing a Ph.D. in History, Philosophy, and Policy in Education, at Indiana University Bloomington. Sara Catherine Clark's dissertation was completed in 2019 and is cited as follows: Clark, S. C. (2019). Elinor ostrom: A biography of interdisciplinary life.
Martina (Tine) DeMoor is a Professor of Institutions for Collective Action in Historical Perspective and a research leader at the Economic and Social History research group, Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University. In this interview she discusses how she first knew of Elinor (Lin) Ostrom by reading her book Governing the Commons which resulted in her reaching out to Ostrom. The rest of the interview discusses the founding of the International Journal of the Commons, the 2014 Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW) Conference, and DeMoor's European tribute to Lin Ostrom.