Daniel Kinderman

Daniel Kinderman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science & International Relations at the University of Delaware, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. He holds a PhD from Cornell University (2011) and specializes in comparative and international political economy, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and European politics. His research examines corporate responses to right-wing populism, CSR performance, and political-economic institutions. He has held visiting scholar positions at the WZB Berlin Social Science Research Center and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany.

Teaching focuses on European politics, the European Union, CSR, and comparative/international political economy. Research interests include business-politics interactions, particularly how corporations navigate populism and regulatory frameworks. He has published extensively on topics such as partisan CSR, business engagement with authoritarianism, and the EU's non-financial reporting directive.

Notable contributions include analyzing corporate strategies during the Russia-Ukraine War, Brexit's impact on business-politics trust, and the role of U.S. chambers of commerce in social movements like Black Lives Matter.