Scott de Marchi, Associate Chair and Professor and Chair

Contact Info:

Teaching (Fall 2026):

• POLSCI 189FS.01, INTRO TO MACHINE LEARNING Synopsis

  Bio Sci 063, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• FOCUS 195FS.11, SPECIAL TOPICS IN FOCUS Synopsis

  George/Geo 0200, Tu 06:00 PM-07:15 PM

Office Hours:

By Appointment Only (demarchi@duke.edu)

Specialties:

Methods
American Politics
Security, Peace, & Conflict
Political Economy
Political Institutions
Behavior & Identities

Research Interests: Mathematical methods :: Political behavior :: Institutions

His work focuses on mathematical methods, especially computational social science, machine learning, and mixed methods. Substantively, he examines individual decision-making in contexts that include the American Congress and presidency, bargaining in legislatures, interstate conflict, and voting behavior. He has been an external fellow at the Santa Fe Institute and the National Defense University and is currently a principal investigator for NSF’s EITM program.

Curriculum Vitae

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. De Marchi, S, Adaptive models and electoral instability, Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol. 11 no. 3 (January, 1999), pp. 393-419 [doi]  [abs].
2. Hinich, MJ; Munger, MC; De Marchi, S, Ideology and the construction of nationality: The Canadian elections of 1993, Public Choice, vol. 97 no. 3 (January, 1998), pp. 401-428 [doi]  [abs].