About

Michaela Pedersen-Macnab is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto and a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada doctoral scholar. Her book project, Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Deceiving International Institutions, explains why international institutions sometimes tolerate deception by their member states.

Michaela was previous a political officer and policy analyst for the Greater China Division of Global Affairs Canada. She was also selected as the inaugural Margaret Meagher Research Fellow for the division. Michaela has held other fellowships and awards with the Institute for Municipal Finance and Governance, Global Affairs Canada, and the Smart Prosperity Institute, and has conducted research abroad in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, mainland China, Taiwan, Norway, and the United States. Prior to her academic appointments, Michaela previously worked at the China Institute, a Canadian foreign policy think tank.