Kadek is a lecturer at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia and a senior researcher at LPEM-FEUI. He holds Bachelor Degree from Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia in 2001. He was prized as the best graduated student in Faculty of Economics with Cum Laude. He continued taking master in Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 2006, he obtained master degree in Economics with Cum Laude. In 2012, he got PhD in Economics from Groningen University, The Netherlands. He wrote a dissertation on “Financial Crises: Impact on Central Bank Independence, Output, and Inflation”. He finds that financial crises increase the probability of a central bank governor replacement across countries. In addition, debt crises have a long run effect on inflation. One of the papers in his dissertation about “Labor Market Flexibility and the Impact of the Financial Crisis” has been published in Kyklos Journal

Since he joined LPEM-FEUI, he involved in research on macroeconomics, banking, monetary economics, economic development, and international trade. He also teaches Advanced Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics. On March 7, 2014, he was officially appointed as the head of LPEM-FEUI. He also helps the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia as a regional economist