In 1989, an ad-hoc group of scholars including political scientists, anthropologists, economists, historians, and natural resource managers founded the association under the name International Association. Among the founders was Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012), one of the 2009 Nobel Prize Laureates in Economics. Over the years, the Chinese chapter organized various regional and topical conferences. If you’re going to organize an event in China, have suggestions or questions, contact the regional coordinator Yahua Wang.