Dr. Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin is a Professor of Political Science specializing in elections, corruption, and democracy studies. She completed her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Fulbright Fellow and earned an MSc in International Politics of Asia and Africa from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Cleo was a Research Associate with RAND in Washington DC, a Visiting Scholar at Stanford’s Asia Pacific Research Center (APARC), the Global South Scholar in Residence at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, and a Visiting Research Fellow for the Institute for Developing Economies (IDE-Jetro) in Japan. She is currently a Fellow and Board Member of the Social Weather Stations (SWS), Fellow of Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress (APPFI) and an Affiliate Scholar with the DLSU-Southeast Asia Research Center (DLSU-SEARCH). She is an Advisory Council member of Women in Southeast Asian Social Science and a member of the International Editorial Advisory Board of Asian Politics and Policy. Dr. Calimbahin provides technical and research assistance to international organizations and foundations.
PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS
Teehankee, J. and Calimbahin, CAA. 2022, eds. Patronage Democracy: Clans, Clients and Competition in Local Elections. Ateneo De Manila University Press: Manila.
Calimbahin, C. 2021. Ambiguously Democratic: Parties, Coalitions, and Candidates in the 2022 Philippine Elections. Heinrich Boll Stiftung. October 28, 2021. Policy Paper. https://th.boell.org/en/2021/10/28/coalitions-and-candidates-2022-philippine-elections
Calimbahin, Cleo. 2021. The City of Manila Under Covid-19: Projecting Mayoral Performance amid Crisis. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 43 (1). ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. ISSN: 0129-797X
COMMUNITY, LOCAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS
Miwa, Kasuya, Calimbahin. 2021. American Political Science Association Annual Conference. Sexist Politicians and Social Pressure: The Impact of Laughing at a “Rape Joke.” Virtual, Seattle, Washington.
Calimbahin, Cleo. 2021. International Political Science Association Annual Conference. “Democratic Reversals and Challenges for Anti-Corruption Agencies in Southeast Asia.” Virtual, University of Lisboa, Portugal.