Pascale Massot

Pascale Massot is an assistant professor at the School of Political Studies of the University of Ottawa. In 2022, she was a member of the Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee to the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was also the senior advisor on China and Asia to various Canadian ministers, including in the offices of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Trade, at various times between 2015 and 2021. Her research interests include the global political economy of China’s rise, China’s impacts on the governance of international natural resource markets, Canada-China and Canada-Asia relations, and Canadian public opinion towards Asia. She was the recipient of the 2014-2015 Cadieux Léger Fellowship at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of British Columbia, an MA in Asia-Pacific Public Policy Studies from the University of British Columbia, and a BA in East Asian Studies and Economics from the Université de Montréal.

Expertise

• International political economy
• Chinese politics
• Canada-Asia relations

Selected Publications

2023. Comment situer la stratégie du Canada pour l’Indo-Pacifique. Observatoire géopolitique de l’Indopacifique, Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS), https://www.iris-france.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ObsIndoPac_Note-3_Massot.pdf

2021. Conceptualizing contemporary markets: Introduction to the special issue (with Julian Gruin). Competition & Change. 25(5):507-516. https://doi.org/10.1177/10245294211029790

2021. The state of the study of the market in political economy: China’s rise shines light on conceptual shortcomings. Competition & Change. 25(5):534-560. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024529420965523

2020. Relations Canada – Chine : le monde se transforme et le Canada doit s’adapter. In Relations commerciales internationales: L’Union Européenne et l’Amérique du Nord à l’heure de la Nouvelle Route de la soie, edited by Olivier Delas. Brussels: Bruylant, p.351-366.

2020. Relations avec la Chine : le monde se transforme et le Canada doit s’adapter.  Cahiers du CÉRIUM – Centre d’études et de recherches internationales/CERIUM Working Papers, University of Montréal. February 21. https://cerium.umontreal.ca/recherche-et-publications/publications/cahiers-du-cerium/un-cahier/news/detail/News/relations-avec-la-chine-le-monde-se-transforme-et-le-canada-doit-sadapter/