Classics: Institutional analysis and development framework
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Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012) was an American political economist and Nobel laureate whose research fundamentally reshaped understanding of how communities govern shared resources. Her work demonstrated that common-pool resources can be successfully managed through self-organized institutions rather than requiring state regulation or privatization, earning her the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. She developed the Institutional Analysis and Development framework and pioneered the concept of polycentric governance, influencing environmental policy, commons studies, and collective action theory worldwide.
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