Pascale Massot

Pascale Massot is an Associate Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, a non-resident Honorary Fellow, Political Economy at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis in New York, and a Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada in Vancouver. In 2022, she was a member and adviser to the Co-Chairs of the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee. She also served as the Senior Advisor for China and Asia in the offices of various Canadian Cabinet ministers, at different points between 2015 and 2021.

Dr. Massot is the author of China's Vulnerability Paradox: How the World's Largest Consumer Transformed Global Commodity Markets (Oxford University Press, 2024), winner of the 2024 Best Book Award in International Political Economy from the International Studies Association.

Her research interests include the global political economy of China’s rise, China’s impact on global extractive commodity markets—including debates around de-risking, critical minerals and economic security, Canada-China relations, and the advent of Indo-Pacific strategies around the world. She was a Taiwan Fellow and visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies (GIEAS), National Chengchi University (NCCU) and a Cadieux-Léger Fellow at Global Affairs Canada. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.