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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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Hess, Charlotte, July 15, 2014

Collection ID:
14-031
Date:
July 15, 2014
Scope Content:
Charlotte Hess was the Director of the Library and Information at the Ostrom Workshop from 1989 to 2008. Hess begins by recounting the way the library started and the way it developed, including what it was like to create the library catalog for the Workshop. Hess also talks about connecting the Ostroms' work and the International Association of Common Property. Later, she discusses editing Vincent Ostrom's book The Meaning of Democracy and the Vulnerability of Democracies: A Response to Tocqueville's Challenge (1997) and Vincent Ostrom himself.
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Lykens, Kristine, June 17, 2014

Collection ID:
14-009
Date:
June 17, 2014
Scope Content:
Kristine Lykens is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Systems at the University of North Texas. As an undergraduate student at Indiana University she was a student of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom. She discusses her experiences as a student, working with the Ostroms on several projects, and as a teaching intern for the Vincent Ostrom. She also discusses her personal life, her reconnection with Elinor, and her aspirations for her future research that was inspired by her studies under the Ostroms. Kristine Lykens finished her interview discussing the origins of the Ostrom Workshop as well as the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW).
Place:
St. Louis, Missouri, West Africa -- Ghana, and West Africa -- Nigeria
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Swindell, David, June 21, 2014

Collection ID:
14-017
Date:
June 21, 2014
Scope Content:
David Swindell is the Director of the Center for Urban Innovation at Arizona State University. The interview begins with Swindell recounting how he got to know Elinor and Vincent Ostrom and his graduate research at the Ostrom Workshop. Discussion of research at the Ostrom Workshop leads to a discussion of the application of polycentricity of applied research. Swindell closes with his personal memories of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom and their legacy.
Place:
Indianapolis, Indiana and Phoenix, Arizona
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  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014