This year's Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom will appear November 17, 2010 in the Burkett Miller Distinguished Lecture Series, addressing the topic "The Challenge of Self-Governance in Complex Contemporary Environments."
Elinor (Lin) Ostrom earned the Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA in 1965 and is currently Senior Research Director at Indiana University's Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, which she co-founded in 1973. Dr. Ostrom is the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in economics "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Ostrom's "research brought this topic from the fringe to the forefront of scientific attention...by showing how common resources - forests, fisheries, oil fields, or grazing lands - can be managed successfully by the people who use them, rather than by governments or private companies." Ostrom's work, in this regard, challenged conventional wisdom, showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization.
Sponsored by the Scott L. Probasco, Jr. Chair of Free Enterprise, this event takes place at noon in the University Center auditorium; is free and open to the public; and seating is limited to a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, please contact the Probasco Chair at 425-4118.
