All of us at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
would like to add our congratulations to Lin Ostrom for being selected
as a recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This
award is a well-deserved recognition of her pioneering research on the
ways in which communities throughout the world have creatively devised
methods to sustainably manage resources critical for their survival.
In wide-ranging research programs in collaboration with scholars and
students from many disciplines and countries, Lin has identified
conditions under which community self-organization can be successful
and highlighted potential threats to these arrangements. Her work has
revolutionized the way scholars and practitioners understand the
commons, in all of its myriad manifestations.
We encourage anyone interested in more information to read the prize
committee’s excellent overviews of the contributions of these new
laureates, with versions for the general public at
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/info.pdf
and for the scientific community at
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/
ecoadv09.pdf.
Pictures of the winners at
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/
Lin's press conference at
http://broadcast.iu.edu/ceremon/Nobel/index.html
Digital Library of the Commons:
http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/
Papers and books:
http://www.indiana.edu/~workshop/
tommaso
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Tommaso Vitale
Dipartimento di Sociologia e della Ricerca Sociale
Università di Milano Bicocca
via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8
20126 Milano
tel: ++39.02 6448 7477
skype: tomvita
CV and webpage:
http://www.sociologiadip.unimib.it/dipartimento/ricerca/scheda.php?idUser=136
New book:
www.carocci.it/politichepossibili
New issue of the Scientific Journal "Partecipazione e conflitto":
http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/sommario.asp?IDRivista=152
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Tommaso Vitale
Dipartimento di Sociologia e della Ricerca Sociale
Università di Milano Bicocca
via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8
20126 Milano
tel: ++39.02 6448 7477
skype: tomvita
CV and webpage:
http://www.sociologiadip.unimib.it/dipartimento/ricerca/scheda.php?idUser=136
New book:
www.carocci.it/politichepossibili
New issue of the Scientific Journal "Partecipazione e conflitto":
http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/sommario.asp?IDRivista=152
