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In this episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Erik Nordman, professor of natural resources management and adjunct professor of economics at Grand Valley State University, and affiliate scholar at Indiana University\u2019s Ostrom Workshop. Nordman discusses his new book, \u201cThe Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom: Essential Lessons for Collective Action,\u201d which introduces Ostrom\u2019s Nobel Prize\u2013winning economic concepts to a broader audience. Nordman discusses his inspiration behind writing the book, how locally tailored solutions are essential to resource management today, and Ostrom\u2019s research legacy in establishing the Bloomington School of Political Economy.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cThe Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom: Essential Lessons for Collective Action\u201d by Erik Nordman; https://islandpress.org/books/uncommon-knowledge-elinor-ostrom\n\n\u201cThe Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations\u201d edited by Sheila R. Foster and Chrystie F. Swiney; https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-commons-research-innovations/0C89E27A710207DC008C7A2F9AD55F79\n\n\u201cElinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School: Building a New Approach to Policy and the Social Sciences\u201d edited by Jayme Lemke and Vlad Tarko; https://ppe.mercatus.org/publications/elinor-ostrom-and-bloomington-school\n\u201cFixing Niagara Falls: Environment, Energy, and Engineers at the World\u2019s Most Famous Waterfall\u201d by Daniel MacFarlane; https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo70337053.html\n\n\u201cUnder a White Sky: The Nature of the Future\u201d by Elizabeth Kolbert; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/617060/under-a-white-sky-by-elizabeth-kolbert/\n\n\u201cThe Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History\u201d by Elizabeth Kolbert; https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250062185/thesixthextinction\n\n\u201cField Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change\u201d by Elizabeth Kolbert; https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/field-notes-from-a-catastrophe-9781620409886/