Profile

Juan Pablo Scarfi is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of San Andres and a Research Associate at Argentina’s National Scientific Research Council (CONICET). He received his PhD in Politics and International Studies from Cambridge University. He was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University; UCL Institute of the Americas; Institut des Hautes Études de l'Amérique Latine, Université Paris 3; and a Fulbright Fellow at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He is the author of The Hidden History of International Law in the Americas: Empire and Legal Networks (Oxford University Press, 2017) and El imperio de la ley (Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2014). He is also co-editor of: The New Pan-Americanism and the Structuring of Inter-American Relations (Routledge, 2022), and Cooperation and Hegemony in US-Latin American Relations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).

His work has been published in leading journals of international law, international relations, political science, and international and intellectual history, such as the European Journal of International Law, American Journal of International Law, Leiden Journal of International Law, Diplomatic History, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Revista de Ciencia Política, Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional, Revista Complutense de Historia de América, and Revista de Historia de América, among others.

He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Global Studies Quarterly (International Studies Association), Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge), and Notebooks: The Journal for Studies on Power.

Current
Appointments

2026

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Present

Associate Professor of International Relations

Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA)

2026

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Present

Associate Professor of International Relations

Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA)

2016

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Present

Associate Research

National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

2016

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Present

Associate Research

National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

Education

2014

PhD, Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)

University of Cambridge (Viva passed without corrections)

2009

M.A. in History

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina

2004

B. A. in Political Science

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina.

Research Interests

International Law and Human Rights

Global Governance and International Organizations

International Relations Theory and History

International Relations of the Americas (US and Latin America)

International and Intellectual History of the Americas

Honors & Fellowships

2025 - 2028

Research Fellowship

Chilean Research Council, Fondecyt Regular, Chile for the project entitled “The Origins and Foundations of Human Rights in Latin America and the Geopolitics of the Cold War.”

2025 - 2028

Research Fellowship

Chilean Research Council, Fondecyt Regular, Chile for the project entitled “The Origins and Foundations of Human Rights in Latin America and the Geopolitics of the Cold War.”

2019 - 2020

Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship

Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, United States.

2019 - 2020

Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship

Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, United States.

2019, January - February 2019

Visiting Research Fellow

Institut des Hautes Études de l'Amérique Latine (IHEAL), Université Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle, France.

2019, January - February 2019

Visiting Research Fellow

Institut des Hautes Études de l'Amérique Latine (IHEAL), Université Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle, France.

2015

Visiting Research Fellowship

University College London, Institute of the Americas, United Kingdom.

2015

Visiting Research Fellowship

University College London, Institute of the Americas, United Kingdom.

2011

Visiting Scholar

Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, United States.

2011

Visiting Scholar

Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, United States.

2009 - 2012

Cambridge International Scholarship

Cambridge Trusts, University of Cambridge, UK (3 year full-funded PhD Scholarship).

2009 - 2012

Cambridge International Scholarship

Cambridge Trusts, University of Cambridge, UK (3 year full-funded PhD Scholarship).

Contact

Let's get in touch

For academic inquiries or speaking engagements, please contact
jpscarfi@gmail.com

Contact

Let's get in touch

For academic inquiries or speaking engagements, please contact
jpscarfi@gmail.com

Contact

Let's get in touch

For academic inquiries or speaking engagements, please contact
jpscarfi@gmail.com