Professor Kaplan’s research centers on explaining the digital world, in particular artificial intelligence and social media. With ~40,000 citations on Google Scholar and various seminal articles, Professor Kaplan belongs to the world’s most cited and impactful scientists. Kaplan has taught in top-tier universities such as Harvard, Sciences Po, and Tsinghua.

 

Before becoming the Rector and Dean of ESCP Business School, Sorbonne Alliance, in Paris, Kaplan acted as the School’s Provost, where he was responsible for more than 6,000 students across the institution’s six campuses throughout Europe. Kaplan is particularly interested in the future of education, notably its digital transformation, and is the author of “Higher Education at the Crossroads of Disruption: The University of the 21st Century.”

 

He regularly acts as keynote speaker and presenter at academic and non-academic conferences, seminars, and workshops. His work is featured in various national and international press and media outlets such as the California Management Review, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, La Tribune, La Repubblica, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

 

Kaplan did his Habilitation at the Sorbonne and his PhD at the University of Cologne / HEC Paris. He holds an MPA from the Institut National du Service Public (formerly ENA), an MSc from ESCP Business School, and a BSc from the University of Munich. Additionally, Prof. Andreas Kaplan was visiting PhD at INSEAD and participated in the International Teachers Programme (ITP) at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.