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Nives Dolšak is the Stan and Alta Barer Professor in Sustainability Science, and the Director of the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.[1][2] She has also served as a visiting professor of Economics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.[3]

Dolšak studies the aggregation and governance of common pool resources, including practices such as community action, social capital, market-based instruments, traditional regulatory policies, and the effects of globalization. She focuses on political and economic factors that influence the adoption of environmental policies such as the mitigation of global climate change.[3][4] Her research ranges from local to international levels, including the state of Washington, the United States, Eastern and Central Europe, and the world.[2]

Dolšak is a co-editor with Elinor Ostrom of The Drama of the Commons (2002)[5][6] and The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptation (2003).[4][7][8]

Early life and education

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Dolšak earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.[9][10] Dolšak attended Indiana University Bloomington, from which she received a Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy and International Relations in 2000. [11]

Career

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Dolšak joined the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs (SMEA) at the University of Washington in 2010.[12] As of 2013 she was hired under a 50%-50% joint appointment at the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at University of Washington Bothell and the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs in the College of the Environment at UW Seattle. As of 2014, she became 100% full-time at SMEA.[13][14] She became director of the SMEA and the Stan and Alta Barer Professor in Sustainability Science in 2019.[12][10]

From 2012-2018, Dolšak was also a visiting professor in Economics at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.[1][3]

In 2022, Dolšak was appointed to the Coastal Marine Advisory Council by the Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee.[15] She also serves on the Science Panel of the Puget Sound Partnership.[9][16]

Dolšak is a contributor to Forbes and other publications.[17][2]

Awards and honors

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  • 1992-1993, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Slovenia[18]
  • 2013, Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, College of the Environment, University of Washington[19]
  • 2018, Outstanding Community Impact Award, College of the Environment, University of Washington[19]

Selected Publications

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Books

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  • Ostrom, Elinor; Dietz, Thomas; Dolšak, Nives; Stern, Paul C.; Stonich, Susan; Weber, Elke U., eds. (2002). The drama of the commons. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. ISBN 978-0309082501.[5][6]
  • Dolšak, Nives; Ostrom, Elinor, eds. (2003). The commons in the new millennium: challenges and adaptation. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262541428.[4][7][8]

Journal articles

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Dolšak Nives". Asef. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Nives Dolšak, Ph.D." School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Nives Dolšak". The Solutions Journal. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Niesten, Eduard (2004). "This Land is Our Land". American Scientist. Vol. 92, no. 3. doi:10.1511/2004.4. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b Lee, Kai N (2003). "The Drama of the Commons (review)". Global Environmental Politics. 3 (1): 148–150. ISSN 1536-0091.
  6. ^ a b Gilles, Jere Lee (2003). "The Drama of the Commons, edited by Elinor Ostrom, Thomas Dietz, Nivek Dolsak, Paul C. Stern, Susan Stonich, and Elke U. Weber". American Journal of Sociology. 108 (6): 1384–1386. doi:10.1086/380519. ISSN 0002-9602.
  7. ^ a b Mason, Fred (2005-12-01). "The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptations". Electronic Green Journal. 1 (22). doi:10.5070/G312210635. ISSN 1076-7975.
  8. ^ a b Steelman, Toddi A. (2004). "Review of The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptation". Policy Sciences. 37 (3/4): 371–376. ISSN 0032-2687.
  9. ^ a b Rice, Jeff (December 12, 2013). "New Puget Sound Science Panel members announced – Puget Sound Institute". University of Washington Puget Sound Institute. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Nives Dolšak" (PDF). University of Washington Seattle.
  11. ^ "Nives Dolsak". The Conversation. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  12. ^ a b "Staff". School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  13. ^ "SMEA Self-Study Report 09 January 2017" (PDF). School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Faculty recognition 2015". UW Bothell News. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  15. ^ "Gov. Inslee Appoints Dolšak to Coastal Marine Advisory Council". School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel (In 2019)" (PDF). State of the Sound Report. Puget Sound Partnership. December 2, 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash - Aseem Prakash and Nives Dolsak". Forbes. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Nives Dolsak | Fulbright Scholar Program". fulbrightscholars.org.
  19. ^ a b c d "Nives Dolšak". faculty.washington.edu. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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