Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science
Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Part-Time
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change
(CIPEC)
408 N. Indiana Ave, Room 230A, Bloomington, IN 47408
Phone: (812) 855-0441
ostrom@indiana.edu

Ph.D., UCLA, 1965

• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991-present
• President, American Political Science Association, 1996-97
• Member, Committee on National Urban Policy, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, 1985-88
• President, Midwest Political Science Association, 1984-85
• President, Public Choice Society, 1982-84
• Vice president, American Political Science Association, 1975-76

• How do we integrate the research findings in cognitive science into a workable set of models for exploring and explaining human choices in various institutional settings, including: social dilemmas, collective choice arenas, bureaucracies, and complex multitiered public economies?
• How do institutions generate the information that individuals need to make decisions?
• What biases or lack of biases are built into various ways of making collective decisions?
• How are diverse preferences exaggerated or modified by interaction within diverse institutional structures?

Ostrom, Elinor (1990). Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action.
New York: Cambridge University Press.

Ostrom, Elinor (1992). Crafting Institutions for Self-Gover ning Irrigation Systems.
San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies.

Ostrom, E., Schroeder, L. & Wynne, S. (1993). Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development: Infrastructure Policies in Perspective.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Ostrom, E., Walker, J. & Gardner, R. (1994). Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.