Collection: Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014

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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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Collection ID:: 14-024
Date:: June 26, 2014
Scope Content:: Anonymous begins the interview by explaining their connection to Elinor Ostrom as a student in the political science department. This leads to discussion of Ostrom as a teacher, working with her on the Health Commons Research Project, and experiences with her at the Ostrom Workshop. They speak of the Occupy Movement as an important part of their academic career and the connection to Ostrom's work. Anonymous goes on to discuss how they would tell the Ostroms' story which includes discussion of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Then Anonymous is asked to discuss lingering research questions, those questions deal with power and the colonial experience within the commons. The interview closes discussing the Ostrom Workshop and Elinor Ostrom's work on language.
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Collection ID:: 14-022
Date:: June 21, 2014
Scope Content:: Mansee Bal is a Research Entrepreneur with the Environmental Design Consultants in India. Bal first discovered Elinor Ostrom when she began reading for her PhD program at Erasmus University. Bal's research focused on urban lakes, mainly in India with a multidisciplinary focus. After this initial introduction Bal had the opportunity to work with Ostrom at the Ostrom Workshop. Throughout the interview she fondly recalls having Elinor Ostrom as a teacher, Ostrom winning the Nobel Prize, Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW) Conference and personal memories with Ostrom.
Place:: India
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