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Aligica, Paul Dragos, June 18, 2014

Collection ID:
14-010
Date:
June 18, 2014
Scope Content:
Dr. Paul Dragos Aligica is a professor in the Economics Department in Politics and Economics at Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Dragos Aligica first met Elinor and Vincent Ostrom at the Workshop but was familiar with their work before arriving there. He discusses the way academic institutions work and the way the Ostroms didn't conform to those rules. Later he discusses collaborating with the Ostroms through the Ostrom Workshop. Dragos Aligica also recalls Elinor Ostrom as a teacher and her humor. He goes on to discuss how the Ostroms intellectual lineage will be looked at in the future. The interview concludes with talk about the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW) Conference and a more in-depth talk about the Ostrom Workshop.
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Bish, Robert, June 13, 2014

Collection ID:
14-003
Date:
June 13, 2014
Scope Content:
Robert Bish is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria. Bish first met Vincent Ostrom when he enrolled in Ostrom's PhD class, public administration. Later, Bish met Elinor Ostrom when she visited a class taught by Vincent Ostrom. Later Bish discusses the both Elinor and Vincent's research, their generosity and the Public Choice Society.
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Bower-Bir, Jacob, June 17, 2014

Collection ID:
14-007
Date:
June 17, 2014
Scope Content:
Jacob Bower-Bir is an Assistant Professor at the American University in Cairo. He first met Elinor Ostrom as a student where she was his mentor for five years and chair of his committee. Bower-Bir recalls how fortunate he was to work with Elinor Ostrom before and after the Nobel prize. He also discusses the Ostrom Workshop, the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop and questions both the Ostroms were pursing answers to. The interview closes with Bower-Bir reflecting on the ways Elinor and Vincent Ostrom influenced him.
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DeCaro, Daniel, June 20, 2014

Collection ID:
14-016
Date:
June 20, 2014
Scope Content:
Daniel DeCaro is an Assistant Professor winthin the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville. He first met Elinor and Vincent Ostrom when he applied to the Ostrom Workshop for a visiting scholar position, which he started in August 2010. With a background in psychology, DeCaro has a unique perspective in the Ostrom Workshop and the classes he was enrolled in. DeCaro was a visiting scholar for three years which he reflects on by sharing his interactions with Elinor Ostrom and the project he has been working on which has been presented at the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop. DeCaro closes the interview by discussing challenges to interdisciplinary research.
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DeMoor, Martina (Tine), June 20, 2014

Collection ID:
14-015
Date:
June 20, 2014
Scope Content:
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.
Place:
Chicago, Illiniois and Netherlands
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Kashwan, Prakash, June 21, 2014

Collection ID:
14-019
Date:
June 21, 2014
Scope Content:
Prakash Kashwan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Co-Director of the Economic and Social Rights Research Group at the Human Rights Institute, at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Kashwan first met the Ostroms when he came to Indiana University to work on his PhD. He recalls memories with Elinor and Vincent Ostrom. The interview moves on to discuss the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW) conference and its future along with the Ostroms intellectual legacy. Kashwan ends by discussing Vincent Ostrom and Elinor Ostrom's teaching.
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Tucker, Catherine, July 09, 2014

Collection ID:
14-027
Date:
July 09, 2014
Scope Content:
Catherine Tucker has a joint appointment with the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. Tucker begins her interview by recounting how she met Elinor Ostrom and her experiences with her at the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC). She goes on to discuss Ostrom as a mentor and her own teaching. Tucker then talks about her work at the Ostrom Workshop which includes her teaching with the International Forestry Research and Institutions Research Program (IFRI). The interview concludes with Tucker reflecting on Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom and how they, especially Elinor Ostrom, would want to be remembered.
Place:
Mexico
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