About

Florian Keppeler is Assistant Professor at the King Frederik Center for Public Leadership at Aarhus University (Denmark). His research focuses broadly on public administration, management, and policy. He is especially interested in the workforce of the public sector. His current studies deal with recruitment and retention as well as motivation and remuneration of public employees. Further, he studies the implementation of digital tools such as artificial intelligence in public sector organizations. In addition, he is interested in field experiments and behavioral research in public policy and administration.

His research has been published in academic journals including Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART), Public Administration Review (PAR), Public Management Review (PMR), and others. His work has also been highlighted in major German media outlets including ARD Tagesthemen (TV), Deutschlandfunk (radio), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (print), Süddeutsche Zeitung (print), WirtschaftsWoche (print), ZDF WiSo (TV), and others.

Florian Keppeler is affiliated scholar at The People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School. He holds a doctoral degree from Zeppelin University (summa cum laude) and is research fellow at the Chair of Public Management & Public Policy. As a former team leader at the district administration in Lindau (Germany), he gained public leadership experience in local government agencies in the human resource department. During this role, Dr Keppeler completed his master’s degree in politics, administration, and international relations. Prior to that, he completed his undergraduate (Public Law and Public Management) at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Bavaria, Hof (Germany).


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Florian is a triathlete, marathon runner, and a huge fan of his beagle Wilma. Find #WilmasReview on LinkedIn and Bluesky.