This symposium is held annually and is hosted by Dean Lueck, Professor of Economics; Faculty Affiliate, The Ostrom Workshop; and Affiliated Professor of Law, Maurer School of Law. This year the symposium, which is by invitation only, was held May 9-10, 2024. Funding was provided by the Searle Freedom Trust and was co-sponsored by the Program on Environment & Natural Resource Governance at the Ostrom Workshop.
Some of the most vexing and controversial problems facing society concern natural and environmental resource use and management. This two-day symposium brings together young scholars and senior mentors to consider the fundamental role that economic, political, and legal institutions have in shaping incentives and determining the outcomes. The symposium aims to encourage and develop emerging scholars and their research programs that focus on the institutional underpinnings of these problems and their solutions. The intensive program includes research presentations by young scholars and lectures by senior mentors.
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