Nives Dolšak
Professor of economics and sustainability
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. She has also served as a visiting professor of Economics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.2
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About
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. Her research ranges from local to international levels, including the state of Washington, the United States, Eastern and Central Europe, and the world.
Dolšak is a co-editor with Elinor Ostrom of The Drama of the Commons (2002) and The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptation (2003).
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Companies
- University of WashingtonBoard member 2019 to now9
- University of WashingtonChair 2019 to now9
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Ljubljana Bachelor of Arts3 4
- Date not recordedIndiana University Bloomington Doctor of Philosophy; public affairs, environmental policy, political science3 4
Dolšak earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Dolšak attended Indiana University Bloomington, from which she received a Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy and International Relations in 2000.
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Career
Occupation: economist, university teacher, academic.6
- Since 2019Director, University of Washington4 5
- Since 2019Chair, University of Washington4 5
- 2017 to 2019Associate director, University of Washington4 5
- Since 2015Professor, University of Washington4 5
- 2012 to 2018Visiting professor, University of Ljubljana4 5
- 2010 to 2015Associate professor, University of Washington4 5
- 2007 to 2010Associate professor, University of Washington Bothell4 5
- 2002 to 2007Assistant professor, University of Washington Bothell4 5
- 2000 to 2002Research associate, Indiana University Bloomington4 5
Dolšak joined the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs (SMEA) at the University of Washington in 2010. 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.
She became director of the SMEA and the Stan and Alta Barer Professor in Sustainability Science in 2019.
From 2012-2018, Dolšak was also a visiting professor in Economics at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.
In 2022, Dolšak was appointed to the Coastal Marine Advisory Council by the Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee. She also serves on the Science Panel of the Puget Sound Partnership.
Dolšak is a contributor to Forbes and other publications.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slovenia7
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- 1WikidataNives Dolšak on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNives Dolšak on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikidataeducation, as reported
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- 10Wikimedia CommonsNives Dolšak photo by Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0