About

Michaela Pedersen-Macnab is a SSHRC-funded post doctoral fellow at George Washington University. Her book project, Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Deceiving International Institutions, explains why international institutions sometimes tolerate deception by their member states. In the Fall of 2026, Michaela will join MacEwan University as an Assistant Professor of Political Science.

Michaela defended her PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 2025. Michaela was also previously employed as a political officer and policy analyst for the Greater China Division of Global Affairs Canada, and was selected as the inaugural Margaret Meagher Research Fellow for the division in 2021. Michaela has previously held other major fellowships and awards, including with the Institute for Municipal Finance and Governance, Global Affairs Canada, and the Smart Prosperity Institute. She has also conducted research abroad in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, mainland China, Taiwan, Norway, and the United States. Prior to her doctoral studies, Michaela also worked as a researcher at the China Institute, a Canadian foreign policy think tank.