Michelle Pace

Michelle Pace is a Professor in Global Studies at Roskilde University, Denmark, and Honorary Professor in Politics and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her work focuses on European-Middle East and North African (MENA) relations, democratization in the MENA region, migration/refugee studies, and the intersection of memory, emotions, and international relations.

• Department: Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University
• Honorary Affiliation: School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham

Her research explores liminality, ethnographic approaches, and the spatio-politics of health and violence in conflict zones like Gaza. She leads the H2020 SIRIUS project on migrant integration and the Wellcome Trust-funded Gaza health study.

Recent publications address EU legal obligations, far-right politics in Europe, and humanitarian law in Gaza. She is a co-editor of Mediterranean Politics and founder of the British International Studies Association’s Mediterranean Studies Working Group.

• Scientific Awards: Golden Coffee Cup for Best Supervisor (2015, 2016), Associate Fellow at Chatham House (2021)
• Grants: Carlsberg Foundation, FACE/DAPP, Wellcome Trust

She has served as an external examiner at the University of Malta, Warwick, and LSE, and advises the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Middle Eastern affairs.