Calvin Chang

Calvin Chang is a DC-based Associate Program Officer for the Center for Accountable Investment (CAI) working on CIPE’s cross-regional CAI portfolio. He holds an MA in European and Russian Studies from Yale University, a BA cum laude in Political Science and Russian from Bucknell University, and a Russian Regional Studies Certificate from Moscow International University.

At CIPE, he works on global projects (including in Africa, the Arctic, Central Asia, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia) that empower private sector and civil society stakeholders to promote accountable investment, address issues at the intersection of democracy, human rights, and technology, and promote more transparent investment environments in the face of authoritarian threats in emerging democracies, including projects on investment screening regulation, corporate compliance, and economic security policy advocacy. Prior to this role, he worked on CIPE’s Europe and Eurasia department on projects in the EU and Western Balkans and interned at CIPE’s research (Policy & Program Learning) department, where he supported research on decentralization; Freedom House’s Europe and Eurasia department, where he worked on human rights and democracy projects in Ukraine; and the office of a U.S. Congressman. He also served in the Taiwanese military and is a 2021-2022 Fellow of Eurasia Foundation’s Young Professionals Network. He speaks Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and Taiwanese.