Bloomington school
The Bloomington school or Bloomington school of political economy is a new institutionalist research tradition in political science, economics, sociology, and public administration associated with the work of Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom at Indiana University Bloomington. The school focuses on governance, collective action, and institutional diversity, particularly in relation to common-pool resources (CPRs), decentralization, and self-governance. It is renowned for its interdisciplinary approach, blending political science, economics, and public administration to understand how individuals and communities organize themselves to solve collective problems.