Elinor Ostrom

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Nobel laureate in Economics academic human political economist

Elinor Ostrom was an American political economist renowned for her groundbreaking work on the governance of common-pool resources, for which she became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Aliases (2)

Elinor Ostrom (honorary doctorate, not student) ×1
Ostrom ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Economics → academic → human → political economist →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Doctor of Philosophy → Master of Arts →
awardReceived	Benjamin E. Lippincott Award → Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy → Heinz Eulau Award → Honorary doctorate from Humboldt University of Berlin → Honorary doctorate from University of Gothenburg → Honorary doctorate from Université catholique de Louvain → James Madison Award → Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science → Mercator-Visiting Professorship of the German Research Foundation → Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences → Reimar Lüst Award → William H. Riker Prize →
causeOfDeath	pancreatic cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1933-08-07 →
dateOfDeath	2012-06-12 →
doctoralAdvisor	Vincent Ostrom →
doctoralThesis	Public Entrepreneurship: A Case Study in Ground Water Basin Management →
educatedAt	University of California, Los Angeles →
employer	Arizona State University → Indiana University Bloomington →
familyName	Ostrom →
fieldOfWork	environmental governance → governance of common-pool resources → institutional economics → political economy → public policy →
givenName	Elinor →
influenced	commons governance research → environmental policy design →
influencedBy	Douglass C. North → Mancur Olson → Vincent Ostrom →
knownFor	analysis of economic governance → polycentric governance theory → research on common-pool resources →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Society → International Association for the Study of the Commons → National Academy of Sciences → Public Choice Society →
NobelPrizeMotivation	analysis of economic governance, especially the commons →
NobelPrizeYear	2009 →
notableAchievement	first woman to receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences →
notableWork	Governing the Commons → Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources → Understanding Institutional Diversity →
placeOfBirth	California → Los Angeles → United States of America →
placeOfDeath	Bloomington → Indiana → United States of America →
positionHeld	Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science → Co-director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis →
sexOrGender	female →
sharesNobelPrizeWith	Oliver E. Williamson →
spouse	Vincent Ostrom →
workLocation	Bloomington → Indiana →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science → Merriam Award →	notableRecipient
Elinor Ostrom ("Ostrom") →	familyName
Uppsala University ("Elinor Ostrom (honorary doctorate, not student)") →	hasNotableAlumnus