{"id":56,"date":"2023-06-26T14:38:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbie.dev.rtd.asu.edu\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:26:15","slug":"about-cbie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/cbie\/about-cbie\/","title":{"rendered":"About CBIE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 pt-6 pt-xl-12 mb-6\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row justify-content-between\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 order-2 order-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>The Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment is a multidisciplinary endeavor to improve our understanding of how different types of institutions&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;defined as the norms and rules people use to govern common resources and provide public goods&nbsp;\u2014perform within different social-ecological systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in the summer of 2006, CBIE is a sister center of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/~workshop\/\">Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis<\/a>&nbsp;at Indiana University. CBIE aims to be an incubator of novel research on collective action and the commons. The center provides a place for students, visitors and faculty to discuss their research in a stimulating, interdisciplinary atmosphere and to forge and inspire new collaborative projects.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 order-1 order-md-2 mb-6 mb-md-0\">\n\t\t\t\n<div aria-controls=\"sidebar-about-cbie\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"sidebar-toggler\" data-bs-target=\"#sidebar-about-cbie\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"><p>Select Section <\/p><span class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\" \/><\/div><nav class=\"sidebar collapse\" id=\"sidebar-about-cbie\" aria-label=\"Secondary\"> <div class=\"nav-link-container\"><a id=\"menu-item-84\" href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/cbie\/about-cbie\/\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page nav-link\">About CBIE<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n <div class=\"nav-link-container\"><a id=\"menu-item-86\" href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/cbie\/about-cbie\/directors-message\/\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page nav-link\">Director\u2019s Message<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n <div class=\"nav-link-container\"><a id=\"menu-item-85\" href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/cbie\/about-cbie\/elinor-ostrom\/\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page nav-link\">Elinor Ostrom<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/nav>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"uds-section bg topo-white \" ><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<figure class=\"uds-blockquote accent-gold   \">\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"feature-wrapper\">\n\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" viewBox=\"0 0 302.87 245.82\">\n\t\t\t<path d=\"M113.61,245.82H0V164.56q0-49.34,8.69-77.83T40.84,35.58Q64.29,12.95,100.67,0l22.24,46.9q-34,11.33-48.72,31.54T58.63,132.21h55Zm180,0H180V164.56q0-49.74,8.7-78T221,35.58Q244.65,12.95,280.63,0l22.24,46.9q-34,11.33-48.72,31.54t-15.57,53.77h55Z\" \/>\n\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t<blockquote>\n\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;ll never fully understand what motivates people&#8217;s behavior. But we can observe what they actually do in a given set of circumstances, develop models of their decision-making behavior and map that onto data and models of the environment. We can then look across history and time and space to see how people&#8217;s decisions and the environment interact.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"citation\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"citation-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"name\">J. 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