Elinor Ostrom - Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — 2009
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Elinor Ostrom

Prize
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — 2009
for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons
Together with: Oliver E. Williamson
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
8/7/1933
place of birth
Los Angeles
date of death
6/12/2012
place of death
Bloomington
Lived
78 years

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employer
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    • end time: 1961
    • start time: 1957
  • Indiana University
    • start time: 1965
    • end time: 2012
  • Cabot Corporation
    • end time: 1957
    • start time: 1955
  • Arizona State University
    • start time: 2006
    • end time: 2012
position held
  • president
    • start time: 1996
    • end time: 1997
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2001
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 2006
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
educated at
  • Beverly Hills High School
  • University of California, Los Angeles
field of work
  • economics
occupation
  • economist
  • university teacher
  • political scientist
doctoral student
  • John Paul McIver
notable work
  • Understanding Knowledge as a Commons
  • Institutional analysis and development framework
  • Understanding Institutional Diversity
  • Ostrom Design Principles
  • Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
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