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Bruns, Bryan, June 21, 2014

Collection ID:
14-023
Date:
June 21, 2014
Scope Content:
Bryan Bruns is an Independent Consultant Sociologist. Bruns was exposed to the work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom through mutual colleagues, conferences, and their writing. In 2009 Bruns became a Visiting Scholar at the Ostrom Workshop. He discusses what it was like to be a part of the Ostrom Workshop and the way Elinor Ostrom taught. Later he discusses his own work, Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop, and the Nobel Prize.
  1. Center for Documentary Research and Practice
  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014

Castle, Emily, July 15, 2014

Collection ID:
14-028
Date:
July 15, 2014
Scope Content:
Emily Castle is the Assistant Director and Librarian at the Ostrom Workshop. She first met Elinor Ostrom at a staff meeting and Elinor was a supervisor of Castle. Castle describes the Ostrom Workshop Library and her typical day as a Librarian. She later discusses preparing and planning the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop conference. In time she discusses the physical space at the Ostrom Workshop and the community. Castle finishes her interview discussing Elinor Ostrom as a Supervisor, the Nobel Prize, and the Ostrom Workshop without the Ostroms.
  1. Center for Documentary Research and Practice
  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014

Evans, Tom, July 23, 2014

Collection ID:
14-032
Date:
July 23, 2014
Scope Content:
Tom Evans is a professor at the University of Arizona in the School of Geography and Development. Evans was hired by Elinor Ostrom and Emilio Moran in 1998 as a post-doctoral scholar at the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC). During his post-doc he was a co-principle investigator with Elinor Ostrom, working on a biocomplexity Nation Science Foundation grant. Later, Evans became co-director of CIPEC and co-director of the Ostrom Workshop which he discusses at length. He also discusses some of the core research that was going on at the Ostrom Workshop such as the social-ecological system (SES) framework. Evans closes the interview by discussing the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop Conference and the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014

Fischer, Burnell, June 18, 2014

Collection ID:
14-008
Date:
June 18, 2014
Scope Content:
Burnell Fischer is the Clinical Professor Emeritus in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Fischer discusses his time as the State Forester of Indiana. Fischer wanted more collaboration with a greater variety of stakeholders and he discusses how he made that work. While he was working at the State Forester of Indiana Elinor Ostrom contacted him to come down and speak to her and her graduate students. During this time a collaborative was formed between Indiana University, Purdue University, The Nature Conservancy, and Professor Dan Cole of IUPUI (now Indiana University Bloomington). Fischer then began working at Indiana University where he assisted Elinor Ostrom in teaching. His position moved from work at the Ostrom Workshop to his position as the undergraduate program director at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Fischer recalls his time at the Nobel ceremony and why he was there. The interview concludes discussing the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW) and the Ostrom Workshops future.
  1. Center for Documentary Research and Practice
  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014

McGinnis, Michael, June 16, 2014

Collection ID:
14-004
Date:
June 16, 2014
Scope Content:
Michael McGinnis is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University. McGinnis begins by discussing his interview with the Ostroms for an assistant professor position. He then discusses working with the Ostroms and Political Theory and Policy Analysis within the Ostrom Workshop. McGinnis reflects on his collaboration with Vincent Ostrom while teaching together and Elinor Ostrom through research. The interview closes with McGinnis recounting going to the Nobel Prize ceremony with Elinor Ostrom and working with Elinor Ostrom after the Nobel.
  1. Center for Documentary Research and Practice
  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014

Walker, James, June 11, 2014

Collection ID:
14-006
Date:
June 11, 2014
Scope Content:
James Walker is a Professor of Economics at Indiana University. Walker first worked with Elinor Ostrom on a National Science Foundation proposal with Roy Gardner which is discussed in detail. After years of collaboration with the Ostroms, Walker became closer to them which led to him going with Elinor Ostrom to the Nobel Prize ceremony and he became executor of their estate. Walker also discusses the history of the Ostrom Workshop and the way it evolved over the years.
  1. Center for Documentary Research and Practice
  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014