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Academic Area

Areas of Expertise

Research Statement

Academic Degrees

• PhD in Political Science, University of California, Irvine, 2018
  Field: International Relations; Secondary Field: Political Theory
• MA in Political Science, University of California, Irvine, 2015
• MA in International Relations, San Francisco State University, 2012
• BA in Sociology, National University of Argentina, Villa María, 2009

Other Academic Appointments

•  Third World Quarterly (Academic Editor – Research Notes)

Current Courses

Publications

• Marcos S. Scauso. Intersectional Decoloniality: Re-imagining IR and the Problem of Difference. In the “Worlding Beyond the West” series, edited by Inanna Hamati-Itaya, Arlene B. Tickner, and David Blaney. New York and London: Routledge. (2021) ()

Peer-Reviewed

• Marcos S. Scauso, Cecelia Lynch, and Tanya Schwarz. “Training in Critical Interpretivism, Within and Beyond the Academy.” In The SAGE Handbook of the History, Philosophy and Sociology of International Relations, edited by Andreas Gofas, Inanna Hamati-Ataya, and Nicholas Onuf. This volume includes chapters by Nicholas Onuf, Brent Steele, Mustapha Kamal Pasha, Jacqui True, Richard Ned Lebow, Patrick T. Jackson, Patrick James, Arlene B. Tickner, Ole Waever, and others. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018. (Lead author) ()
• Marcos S. Scauso. “Interpretivism: Definitions, Trends, and Emerging Paths.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia, International Studies. 2020. ()
• Marcos S. Scauso (lead author), Garrett FitzGerald (lead author), Arlene B. Tickner (lead author), Navnita Neheram, Chengxin Pan, Chih-yu Shih, Kosuke Shimizu. “Covid-19, Democracy, and (De)colonialities.” Journal of Democratic Theory. 2020. ()
• Ariana Fernandez, Marcos S. Scauso, and Elena Stavrevska. “Avatars of colonial and liberal violences: The revelatory character of COVID-19 governance in Colombia.” Third World Quarterly. 2022. ()
• Gabriella Colello, Swapna Pathak, and Marcos S. Scauso. “Solutions for Whom and by Whom? Environmental Norms and Intersectional Decoloniality.” Journal of Environmental Philosophy. ()
• Carlotta Minnella, Swapna Pathak, and Marcos S. Scauso. “The Tension Within Norms: Agency and Risks in Pursuit of Global Climate Justice.” Global Studies Quarterly 4 (2). 2024.
• Scauso, Marcos S. “Decolonial Pluriversality: Unveiling Genocide, Epistemicide, and Historicide in the Foundations of the United States.” Global Studies Quarterly 5 (2). 2025. )

• Marcos S. Scauso. “Indianismo and Decoloniality: Voices of Resistance.” In Religious Activism in the Global Economy: Promoting, Reforming, or Resisting Neoliberal Globalization? edited by Peter Smith and Sabine Dreher, 269-286. London and New York: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2016. () 
• Marcos S. Scauso. “Researching within the Instability of Meaning: Decolonial Voices and Practices.” In Tactical Constructivism: Expressing Method in International Relations, edited by Brent J. Steele, Harry D. Gould, and Oliver Kessler, 2018. ()

• Marcos S. Scauso. “Neoliberalism Vs. D.E.I.: the market and profit-driven limitations of inclusivity.” In Teaching Political Science and International Relations for Early Career Instructors, Ed. Michael Murphy and Misbah Hyder. Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2024.

Academic Blogs

• Marcos S. Scauso. “Intersectional Decoloniality: Listening to Other “Others.” E-International Relations, 2021: 

Documentaries

• Marcos S. Scauso, Natalia Orpianesi, Juan Manuel Scocozza, Luciana Arguello, Lucas Vizueta, Maria Eugenia Fiorenza, directors. “Pan y Tizas: La Educación en Decadencia”. Universidad Nacional de Villa María, Argentina. (Links: , , and )
• Lucrecia Brunis, Rebeca Cena, Juan Fernández, Jesica Mariotta, Cecelia Quevedo, Marcos S. Scauso, Lucas Vizueta, directors. “Golondrinas: un vuelo necesario”. Universidad Nacional de Villa María, Argentina. ()

In Progress

• Marcos S. Scauso. Desires of Domination: Genocide, Epistemicide, and Historicide in the Foundations of the U.S. Foreign Policy towards Latin America. (Book in progress)
• Marcos S. Scauso (ed.). Indomitable “Others” and Liberal Violence: Critique, Contestation, and Resistance in World Politics. Bristol University Press. (Accepted with minor revisions)
• Marcos S. Scauso. Forthcoming. “Concluding Thoughts: Denouncing Liberalisms, Worlding Resistances, and Sustaining Tensions for a ‘Weak’ Community in Difference.” In Indomitable ‘Others’ and Liberal Violences: Critique, Contestation, and Resistance in World Politics. Ed., Marcos S Scauso. Bristol University Press. (Chapter submitted)
• Liza Taylor, Kathleen Cole, Kaye Usry, Brian Lovato, and Marcos S. Scauso. “Educating for Multiracial Democracy.” (Book proposal in progress)
• Marcos S. Scauso. “The Neoliberal Academe: Epistemicide, Inequity, and Historicide” in “Educating for Multiracial Democracy”, ed. Liza Taylor, Kathleen Cole, Kaye Usry, Brian Lovato, and Marcos S. Scauso. (Accepted with minor revisions)
• Amaya Querejazu and Marcos S. Scauso. “Relaciones (Internacionales) Pluriversales y Relacionales desde América Latina.” In “Pensamiento político internacional latinoamericano en el siglo XXI.” Serie FORO de FLACSO, Ecuador.(Book chapter accepted)