Elisabeth Kelan is a Professor of Leadership and Organisation at King's Business School.

Her research focuses on digitalisation and diversity at work, inclusive leadership and gender in organisations. Her research has been used to engage men as change agents in gender equality, to develop women as leaders and to create generational awareness in the workplace.

Elisabeth is teaching on the MSc Management & Technological Change.

Her areas of expertise include:

• Leadership
• Change Management
• The Future of Work
• Digitalisation and AI
• Gender, Diversity and Inclusion
• Generations at Work

Elisabeth’s research has been published in journals such as the British Journal of Management, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Journal, Academy of Management Learning & Education, European Management Review, Gender, Work and Organization, and Management Learning.

She is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Management, Gender, Work and Organization, Gender in Management and Management Learning. Elisabeth is also the Series Editor for Routledge Studies in Gender and Organizations.

Her research has been featured in the media such as the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Economist. She is regularly advising companies and international organisations.

Elisabeth held a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship and a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship.

Elisabeth previously worked at London Business School, the London School of Economics and Political Science, King’s College London, and Zurich University. She was a professor at Essex Business School at the University of Essex and Cranfield School of Management at Cranfield University. She completed her PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Yes