Elisabeth Kelan is Professor of Leadership and Organisation at King’s Business School, a Fellow of the Digital Futures Institute, and affiliated with the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence at King’s College London.

She is an expert in leadership, digitalisation and AI, and gender. Her current research focuses on AI, gender, and leadership. Her latest book, Patterns of Inclusion: How Gender Matters for Automation, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work, examines how digitalisation and AI are reshaping gender patterns in organisations. She is a globally recognised thought leader on women’s leadership and inclusive workplaces, and her work has received multiple awards, including Management Publication of the Year 2024 for her book Men Stepping Forward: Leading Your Organization on the Path to Inclusion, awarded by the Chartered Management Institute, the British Academy of Management, and the Chartered Association of Business Schools

Elisabeth teaches on the MSc Management & Technological Change. She regularly delivers executive education and advises on digital transformation, inclusive leadership, and women’s leadership. She has worked with Accenture, Google, Goldman Sachs, PwC, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal, and Airbus; global law firms such as Linklaters and Clifford Chance; and supranational bodies including the United Nations, the European Central Bank, and the OECD. Her research has been featured in media outlets such as the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist, and she is a sought-after keynote speaker.

Her areas of expertise include:

• Leadership
• Digitalisation and AI
• Women’s Leadership
• Inclusive Leadership
• Change Agents for Equality

Elisabeth’s research has been published in leading journals including 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 serves on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Management, Gender, Work and Organization, Gender in Management, and Management Learning, and is Series Editor for Routledge Studies in Gender and Organizations.

She held a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship and a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship. Her research has also been supported by the ESRC, the British Academy, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and private sector sponsors such as KPMG, Allen & Overy, IBM, and Lehman Brothers.

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.

 

Professor Kelan is currently accepting new PhD students?