Topic
Advancing Institutional Theory & Analysis: Current Initiatives Extending the Ostrom Research Agenda

The research of Vincent and Elinor Ostrom has inspired scholars from around the world and from various disciplines to investigate the institutions that communities use to govern behavior and connected social-ecological systems. This special presentation explores how the Ostroms’ work on institutional theory and analysis is being extended in novel ways through various initiatives, programs, and research centers. The presentation will be moderated by Dr. Edella Schlager, who will open the panel with an overview of key foci of the Ostroms’ research agenda. The panel will then feature presentations by scholars involved with the Institutions for Collective Action Program; the Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment; the Library on Governance in Social-Ecological Systems; the Institutional Grammar Research Initiative, and the Ostrom Workshop.
Presenters will discuss the missions of their respective groups, what they view as key innovations in institutional theory and analysis, and how their research teams are addressing these.

LINKS

Movie about the Ostroms: “Actual World, Possible Future” by Barbara Allen, Carleton College https://vimeo.com/channels/ostromsthe…

Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University:

• Ostrom Workshop: https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/
• Ostrom Workshop Spring 2021 Colloquia Series: https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/ev…
• Ostrom Research Series Schedule: https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/ev…
• Workshop Working Groups: https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/op…
• Become an Ostrom Workshop Affiliate: https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/op…
• Indiana University Research Programs Links w/ Program Director Contact Info: https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/re…

Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment (CBIE) at Arizona State University:

• CBIE research center website: https://complexity.asu.edu/cbie
• International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) website: https://iasc-commons.org/
• 2021 IASC conference at Arizona State University: https://2021.iasc-commons.org/
• Drylab project: https://drylab2023.net/
• CoMSES network / OpenABM (Network for Computational Modeling in Social and Ecological Sciences) https://www.comses.net/
• Winter school on ABM: https://complexity.asu.edu/cbie/winte…
• Free download of textbook co-authored by Drs. John M. Anderies and Marco Janssen “Sustaining the Commons”: https://sustainingthecommons.org/

Library on Governance in Social-Ecological Systems (SES Library) at Arizona State University: SES Library website: https://seslibrary.asu.edu/

Institutions for Collective Action at Erasmus University:

• Website: http://www.collective-action.info/ (includes links for open positions (Postdoctoral researcher and research officer) – application deadline Jan. 30, 2021)
• UNICA project (Building a Unified theory for the development and resilience of Institutions for Collective Action for Europe in the past millennium): http://www.collective-action.info/unica
• MIDI project (Modelling institutional dynamics in historical commons) – see also for information on the international MIDI workshop (December 2021): http://www.collective-action.info/_PR…