Euchan Jang is a PhD student in Comparative Politics and Political Theory. His research interests include democratization, public deliberation, and post-authoritarian regimes in the Asia-Pacific region. Specifically, he aims to empirically analyze recent public deliberation initiatives in Southeast Asia in order to rethink the institutional design of public deliberation in a post-authoritarian setting. 

Euchan received his BA in International Relations and German Languages and Literature from Tufts University and earned his MA in Political Science at Seoul National University. Additionally, he served as a military translator in the Republic of Korea - United States Combined Forces Command (ROK-US CFC) in Seoul, Republic of Korea.