Laura Tedesco, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
International Relations
Education
Ph.D., University of Warwick, UK
Research Interests
Laura Tedesco (Ph.D., University of Warwick) is an Associate Professor of Political
Science and International Relations. She specializes in Latin American Politics, Political
Leadership, Political Corruption, and the dynamics of Authoritarianism and Democracy.
From 2016 to 2024, she led a research grant funded by the National Endowment for Democracy
(NED), focusing on the political role of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (FAR) in Cuba. Additionally, from 2009 to 2021, she directed a research project sponsored
by the Open Society Institute, examining political leadership in Latin America.
Since 2024, Dr. Tedesco has served as the Associate Dean for Humanities and Social
Sciences at Saint Louis University's Madrid campus.
Courses
Introduction to International Politics
Crisis of Leadership
Introduction to Latin American Politics
Key Contemporary Crisis: COVID-19
Global Politics
Publications and Media Placements
Books
2019 Demócratas o Usurpadores. Un análisis de líderes sudamericanos (EUDEBA, Editorial de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Editorial Eudeba | Demócratas o usurpadores por Diamint, Rut - 9789502329321
2015 Latin America's Leaders with Rut Diamint (ZED Books: London). Latin America's Leaders (zedbooks.net)
2013 Democratizar a los políticos. Un estudio sobre líderes latinoamericanos, edited with Rut Diamint, Preface by Professor Sergio Fabbrini (Los Libros de la Catarata, Madrid) Democratizar a los políticos. Un estudio sobre líderes latinoamericanos - Catarata
2011 Alfonsín. De la esperanza a la desilusión (Buenos Aires: del Nuevo Extremo)
2004 The state of democracy in Latin America. Post-Transitional Conflicts in Argentina and Chile, co-authored with Jonathan Barton (London: Routledge). The State of Democracy in Latin America | Taylor & Francis Group
1999 Democracy in Argentina. Hope and Disillusion (London: Frank Cass) Democracy in Argentina: Hope and Disillusion - 1st Edition - Laura Te (routledge.com)
Peer Review Articles
2020 Tedesco, Laura and Diamint, Rut. 2020. Behind Covid-19: Deepening poverty in Cuba, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Special Issue, Dec., vol. 39, S1: 75-78.
2020 Tedesco, Laura and Rut Diamint. 2020. Violación de los derechos humanos en Cuba: ¿Baja o alta intensidad? Deusto Journal of Human Rights, n. 5: 155-181.
2019 Diamint, Rut and Tedesco, Laura. 2019. A new generation of peace missions? Exploring the Colombian case, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol 20 (3) 525-555.
2018 Diamint, Rut and Tedesco, Laura. 2018. Uncertainties and paradoxes about Cuba's future, International Relations and Diplomacy, vol 6 (7) July, 390-395.
2018 De militares a gerentes. Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias en Cuba, Nueva Sociedad 278, Nov.-Dec.
2017 Tedesco, Laura and Diamint, Rut. 2017. La incertidumbre cubana, Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, Oct.-Dec.: 19-26.