My research focuses broadly on public administration, policy, and human resource management in the public sector. My research has been published in various academic journals including the Journal for Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Behavioural Public Policy, Nature Scientific Reports, JAMA network open, and others. It has also been cited in policy documents (e.g., Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, OECD, World Bank, Danish Government Commission on Healthcare) and highlighted in both German and Danish media outlets including prime time TV news (e.g., ARD, ZDF) and national newspapers (e.g., Süddeutsche, Zeit, Berlingske, Jyllands-Posten).
I am particularly interested in the following topics:
Recruiting, selecting, and retaining the public workforce
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in public policy and government
The motivation of citizens to contribute to public goods
Selected publications and working papers
Recruiting, selecting, and retaining the public workforce
Keppeler, F., Linos, E., Sciepura, B., Lacey, K., Jacobsen, C. B. (2024): Recruiting Nurses on the International Market: A Megastudy (Registered Report), Working paper, https://osf.io/6pwxe [Download free preprint].
Jakobsen, M., Løkke, A.-K., & Keppeler, F. (2023). Facing the Human Capital Crisis: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda on Recruitment and Selection in the Public Sector. Public Administration Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13733 [Download open access]
Keppeler, F., & Papenfuß, U. (2022). Employer Value Propositions for Different Target Groups and Organizational Types in the Public Sector: Theory and Evidence From Field Experiments. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 43(4), 701–726. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X221121050 [Download free postprint]
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in public policy and government
Keppeler, F., Borchert, J., Nielsen, V. L., & Pedersen, M. J. (2024): How Ensembling AI and Public Managers Improves Decision-making, under review. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/2yf6r [Download free preprint]
Keppeler, F. (2023): No Thanks, Dear AI! Understanding the Effects of Disclosure and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence in Public Sector Recruitment, in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muad009. [Download free postprint]
The motivation of citizens to contribute to public goods
Ternovski, J., Jilke, S., Keppeler, F., Vogel, D. (2025). Effects of Financial Incentives for COVID-19 Vaccination: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, JAMA Network Open, 8 (2), e2458542. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.58542 [Download open access]
Jilke, S., Keppeler, F., Ternovski, J., Vogel, D., & Yoeli, E. (2024). Policy Makers Believe Money Motivates More Than It Does. Nature Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1901. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51590-x [Download open access]
Keppeler, F., Sievert, M., & Jilke, S. (2022): How Local Government Vaccination Campaigns Can Increase Intention to Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19: A Field Experiment on Psychological Ownership, in Behavioural Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2022.16 [Download open access]