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Charlotte Hess is a prominent researcher and activist in the space of Knowledge Commons. Her work seeks to accurately describe and characterize Commons.

Career
Hess is Associate Dean for Research, Collections and Scholarly Communication at Syracuse University Library. Before coming to Syracuse, New York in August 2008, Hess was at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University where she was a researcher and the director of the Digital Library of the Commons (1999-2008). Hess served on the Executive Council of the International Association for the Study of the Commons as the Information Officer 1997-2009.

Main publications
Hess has written and lectured extensively on knowledge, cultural, and new commons. She was co-editor with Elinor Ostrom of the influential book Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice. Hess and Ostrom also co-authored a number of articles. Works by Hess include “The Unfolding of the Knowledge Commons” 2012. St. Anthony’s International Review 8(1) (May) 13-24 and «La notion de biens communs et ses applications dans le domaine de la connaissance.» 2011. In Libres Savoirs: Les biens communs de la connaissance. Edited by Hervé Le Crosnier. Caen, France: C&F Éditions." (2013)