About

Florian Keppeler is Associate Professor at the King Frederik Center for Public Leadership at Aarhus University (Denmark). His research interests are primarily centered on public policy, administration, and implementation within the public sector. His research profile is comprised of three primary research areas: (1) public policy and administration issues related to recruitment, selection, and retention of the public workforce, (2) the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in public policy and administration, (3) field experiments in behavioral public policy and administration, understanding how to motivate citizens to contribute to public goods.

His research has been published in academic journals including Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Nature Scientific Reports, Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, and others. His work has also been highlighted in major Danish and German media outlets including Berlingske (print), Jyllands-Posten (print), ARD (TV), Deutschlandfunk (radio), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (print), Süddeutsche Zeitung (print), WirtschaftsWoche (print), ZDF (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 a German local government, he gained public leadership experience in local government agencies in the human resource department. During this role, Florian 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.