Aaron Deslatte
Aaron Deslatte is an assistant professor at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington, where he directs the Metropolitan Governance and Management Transitions Laboratory. He is also a faculty affiliate with the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop. His research focuses on advancing economic and community development through local governance, specifically the role of public managers in enhancing sustainability. He has received numerous research fellowships and awards, including two multi-year grants from the National Science Foundation. His most recent book, Organizing and Institutionalizing Local Sustainability, uses institutional grammar to design and analyze government processes, strategies, and organizational capabilities in cities across Indiana. His work has also been published in the Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, Urban Affairs Review, and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, among others.
Aaron earned his Ph.D. in public administration from Florida State University, where he also earned his M.P.A. and M.S. in political science. In his first year at Indiana University, he lived in an apartment a block away from the Ostrom Workshop but was too intimidated to ever go into it. He is also trained to play blues and jazz guitar, but prefers playing thrash metal. He values lifelong learning, whether that is through machine learning classes, travel experiences, or meditation.
Selected publications:
Deslatte, A., Koebele, E. A., Bartels, L., Wiechman, A., Vicario, S. A., Coughlin, C., & Rybolt, D. (2023). Institutions, voids, and dependencies: Tracing the designs and robustness of urban water systems. International Review of Public Policy, 5(2), 1–25.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/irpp.3455
Deslatte, A. (2022). Organizing and Institutionalizing Local Sustainability: A Design Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Deslatte, A., Garcia, M., Koebele, E.A., & Anderies, J.M. (2022). Sustainability transitions in urban water management: Assessing the robustness of institutional arrangements. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Water Governance. London: Routledge Press.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003057574
Deslatte, A., Scott, T. A., & Carter, D. P. (2021). Probing the Fiscal Implications of Multipurpose Development Districts: An Institutional Analysis of Florida Community Development Districts. State and Local Government Review, 53(1), 43-61.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X211010911
Deslatte, A., Helmke-Long, L., Anderies, J. M., Garcia, M., Hornberger, G. M., & Koebele, E. (2021). Assessing sustainability through the Institutional Grammar of urban water systems. Policy Studies Journal, 50(2), 1–20.
