Jan Robert R Go is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman and is currently Associate Dean for Research, Extension, and Publications of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP). Dr Go is the President (2023-2025) of the Philippine Political Science Association (PPSA) and was the managing editor of the Philippine Political Science Journal (PPSJ), the internationally refereed journal of PPSA, from 2014 to 2023. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS).

Associate Professor Go received his doctoral degree in political theory from the Central China Normal University in Wuhan, China, in 2022. His doctoral dissertation focused on the politics of participation in urban communities in the Philippines and China during the pandemic-related lockdowns.