I am a political economist from Los Angeles, California. My work focuses on the politics of internationalism: how trade unions, social movements, and political parties coordinate across borders, and how international institutions aid or impede those efforts.
I currently serve as the General Coordinator of the Progressive International, founded in May 2020 to unite, organize, and mobilize progressive forces around the world.
Previously, I served on the foreign policy advisory team for US Senator Bernie Sanders and directed policy for Yanis Varoufakis and the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25).
My prior research focused on the United Kingdom, Mexico, and India.
As a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, I examined the comparative political economy of property markets, publishing in West European Politics and The Political Quarterly.
As a Fulbright Scholar at the Colegio de México in Mexico City, I conducted research on self-help housing and the pursuit of Mexico’s constitutional right to “decent housing.”
At the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, I examined the Delhi Development Authority and the role of bureaucracy in slum redevelopment.
My research and writing have been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs, among others.
davidrkadler@gmail.com @davidrkadler