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OstromwasoneoftheforemostresearchersonSES,common- ‐poolresourcesmanagement,andcooperation.(CIPEC), Indiana University, 1996–2006Chair, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, 1980–84; Acting Chair, 1989–90Professor, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, 1974–91Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, 1969–74Assistant Professor and Graduate Advisor, Department of Government, Indiana University,1966–69Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Indiana University, 1965–66Personnel Analyst III, University of California, Los Angeles, 1957–61Employment Interviewer and Assistant Employee Relations Manager, Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc.,Boston, MA, 1955–57Krister Andersson, and Sujai Shivakumar (Oxford University Press, 2005).Awards and HonorsSeeing the Forest and the Trees: Human-Environment Interactions in Forest Ecosystems, editedwith Emilio Moran (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005).AsianIrrigation in Transition: Responding to Challenges, edited with Ganesh Shivakoti, DouglasHonorary Doctorate, TERI University, New Delhi, India,2012Wai Fung Lam, Ujjwal Pradhan, and Robert Yoder (New Delhi, India: Sage,Honorary Doctorate, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier,Vermillion,France, 2011Foreign Member, Académie d’Agriculture de France, Paris,2005).France, 2011Foundationsof Social Capital, edited with T. K. Ahn (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003;Honorary Professor, Beihang University, Beijing, China,2011paperbackedition2010). 2011Adam Smith Award, Association of Private Enterprise Education,Nassau,Bahamas,TheCommonsin the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptations, edited with Nives DolšakUCLA Medal, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011(Cambridge,MITStudiesPress, 2003).Diamond Jubilee Award for Lifetime Achievement in PoliticalStudies, MA:PoliticalTrust and Reciprocity: Interdisciplinary Lessons from Experimental Research, edited with JamesAssociation of the UK, 2010Walker (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003).Honorary Doctorate, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 2010The Drama of the Commons, edited with Thomas Dietz, Nives Dolšak, Paul C. Stern, SusanDistinguished Faculty Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington,Stonich, and Elke Weber. Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global ChangeIN, 2010(Washington, DC: National Research Council, National Academy Press, 2002).Herman B. Wells Visionary Award, Indiana University ImprovingFoundation,Bloomington, IN, 2010Irrigation Governance and Management in Nepal, edited with Ganesh ShivakotiHonorary Member, Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis,IN, 2010(Oakland,CA: ICS Press, 2002).Honorary Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana University,ProtectingBloomington,IN, 2010 A Framework for Resource Management in the Americas, edited withthe Commons:Living Legend Award, Office of Women’s Affairs, Indiana JoannaUniversity,Bloomington,2010Burger,Richard B. Norgaard,David Policansky, and Bernard D. GoldsteinDistinguished Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, (Washington,IN, 2010DC: Island Press, 2001).The University Medal, Indiana University, Bloomington,IN, 2010 Ecosystems, and Sustainability, edited with Robert Costanza, Bobbi Low, and JamesInstitutions,Sagamore of the Wabash Award, State of Indiana, 2009 Wilson (Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, 2001).The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memoryof Forests:Alfred Nobel2009 Institutions, and Governance, edited with Clark Gibson andPeople andCommunities,Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award, APSA, FederalismandMcKeanIntergovernmentalMargaret A.(Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000).Competition & Cooperation: Conversations with Nobelists about Economics and PoliticalRelations Section, 2009editedwithJames Altand Margaret Levi. (New York: Russell Sage Foundation,Reimar Lüst Award for International Scholarly and 9).and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany,2009LocalCommonsand Medford,Global Interdependence:Jonathan M. Tisch Prize for Civic Engagement Research,TuftsUniversity,MA, March Heterogeneity and Cooperation in Two Domains,edited with Robert Keohane (London: Sage, 1995).5, 2009Games, andTrondheim,Common-PoolResources, with Roy Gardner and James Walker (Ann Arbor:Honorary Doctorate, Norwegian University of Science Rules,and Technology,Norway,University of Michigan Press, 1994).2008From Farmers’Galbraith Award, American Agricultural Economics Association,2008Fields to Data Fields and Back: A Synthesis of Participatory InformationSystems for Irrigation and Other Resources, edited with Sowerwine, Jennifer, GaneshShivakoti, Ujjwal Pradhan, and Ashutosh Shukla. Proceedings of an International Workshopheld at the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Rampur, Nepal, March 21–26, 1993. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI), andRampur, Nepal: IAAS, 1994.Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development: Infrastructure Policies in Perspective,with Larry Schroeder and Susan Wynne (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993).Crafting Institutions for Self-Governing Irrigation Systems (San Francisco: ICS Press, 1992).Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (New York:Background

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non- ormswillleadtocollapse.

Self- trulessustaintheirresource.

hreekeyquestions: Whencancooperationbeexpectedincommon- ‐poolnaturalresourcesituations? Whencanitnotbeexpected? Whatarethebestpolicymechanismsaccordingly?

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ttributeslocally- ‐evaluated.1. SystemSize2. SystemProducBvity3. DynamicsPredictability4. ResourceUnitMobility5. NumberofUsers6. Leadership7. SocialCapital(norms)8. SESKnowledge9. Importanceofresourcetouser10.CollecBve- ‐choiceRules

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Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Human-Environment Interactions in Forest Ecosystems, edited with Emilio Moran (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005). Asian Irrigation in Transition: Responding to Challenges, edited with Ganesh Shivakoti, Douglas Vermillion, Wai Fung Lam, Ujjwal Pradhan, and Robert Yoder (New Delhi, India: Sage, 2005).