Dr. Agustín León-Moreta received his BS in Economics from the Catholic University of Ecuador (his country of origin) and his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Public Administration and Policy from the Askew School at Florida State University. A former public service practitioner, he has many years of experience in public sector administration. He is a former Fulbright Fellow and the recipient of awards such as the Florida State University Dissertation Research Grant and the Volcker Junior Scholar Award of the American Political Science Association (APSA). At UNM, he has received the University of New Mexico Teaching Fellowship and multiple University Research Allocation (RAC) Grants. His current research includes municipal government, local public finance, and functional responsibilities such as land and water resource management. Data sets from his research are publicly available on the University of Michigan’s ICPSR website.

Recent Publications

• 2023. “Interlocal Interactions, Municipal Boundaries, and Water and Wastewater Expenditure in City-Regions,” with Vittoria Totaro, Urban Studies, https://doi.org/10.3886/E156301V2 
• 2022. “US Cities’ Permitting or Restriction of Housing Development,” with Vittoria Totaro, Cities, https://doi.org/10.3886/E171721V1 
• 2021. “Workforce Capacity in Municipal Government,” with Vittoria Totaro, Public Administration Review 81(2): 273-285, https://doi.org/10.3886/E115968V3