Igitur congratulates Elinor Ostrom on receiving the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Ms. Ostrom is a
guest-editor,
author, and member of the
Editorial Board for the
The International Journal of the Commons, an open access journal which is published by Igitur, Utrecht Publishing and Archiving Services.
Ms. Ostrom is a quintessential part of the group of people that is dedicated to guaranteeing the generation and dissemination of cutting-edge knowledge about the commons. Her work serves as one of the major intellectual inspirations for the community of scholars and practitioners that the journal intends to serve.
The
Nobel Committee's choice to celebrate Ms. Ostrom’s work confirms that what the International Journal of the Commons has set out to accomplish - to accommodate the body of knowledge that adds to the understanding and improvement of institutions for the management of resources that are (or could be) held or used collectively - has impact!