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The Elinor Ostrom Award on Collective Governance of the Commons now open for nominations

The Elinor Ostrom Award on Collective Governance of the Commons is now open for nominations!

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The Award has been created to honour and develop the legacy of Elinor Ostrom. It aims to acknowledge and promote the work of practitioners, young and senior scholars involved in the field of the commons. According with Ostrom´ s large legacy, the Award will go to academic and applied works on traditional commons, local commons, interlinked commons, global commons, knowledge, cultural and virtual commons.

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2013 IASC Africa Regional Meeting

Research has shown that success in dealing with problems facing Africa commons management may lie in addressing fragmentation of the knowledge base and, hence, management policy. Traditionally management has been carried out by government agencies that focus on a particular sector, e.g. fisheries, agriculture or forestry, using knowledge from scientists that specialise in that sector, and working with community groups to create and enforce rules developed for that sector.

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2012 - Design and Dynamics of Institutions for Collective Action

2nd Thematic Conference of the IASC

Now available: Overview Sessions and Final Papers

Institutions for Collective Action - Conference 'Design and Dynamics of Institutions for Collective Action'. A Tribute to Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012).

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Prof. Elinor Ostrom International Fellowship on Practice and Policy on Commons

UPDATE! The announcement has been modified. Please see the "Application procedure" section below.

The Foundation for Ecological Security in association with the International Association for the Study on the Commons (IASC) invites applications for international fellowships on Practice and Policy on Commons.

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Institutional Supporters

Resources

International Journal of the Commons
The International Journal of the Commons

Digital Library of the Commons
The Digital Library of the Commons

The Commons Digest
The Commons Digest