Deputy Dean of Academics /Director of Fintech Research Center, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, China
Education: Ph.D. in Finance, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Fintech, investments, corporate finance, and behavioral finance with a focus on emerging markets.
Introduction: Charles Chang is the Deputy Dean of Academics at Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University. He has been a member of faculty at Peking University and Chinese University of Hong Kong after starting his professorial career at Cornell University.
Professor Chang’s research spans the fields of Fintech, behavioral finance. His work has been noted in more than 200 media outlets with work published in top journals. He has been awarded a number of top grants including those of the National Science Foundation.
He co-hosted Fintech forums with the UN Digital Financing Task Force and China Digital Finance Advisory Group in Davos during the World Economic Forums in 2019 and 2020. He has also interacted in public forums a number global leaders including Swiss Federal President Ueli Maurer and his finance &economics delegation in China 2019.
Professor Chang was a decorated scholar at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned Bachelor degrees in electrical engineering and in finance at the Wharton School. Then, he received a Ph.D. in Finance from the Haas Business School at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served on a number of boards and has successful professional engagements in technology private equity and venture financing.