CURRENT Research

• Boakye Boadu, D. & Kroll, A. Sustaining distributed leadership: Insight from anti-climate gentrification community collaborations in Miami.

• Boakye Boadu, D. Explaining the emergence of distributive Leadership: The role of personality traits and demographics in group configurations.

• Boakye Boadu, D. Hybrid leadership model in the 21st century: A meta-review analysis and a pathway to innovative leadership in collaborative governance

• Boakye Boadu, D. United Nations system reform for development cooperation: Kofi Annan's reforms measures and beyond.

• Boakye Boadu, D. & Kroll, A. Collaboration Fatigue: Keeping Cross-Organizational Partnerships from Falling Apart. Contract Signed, Book in preparation for submission to Cambridge University Press.

• Boakye Boadu, D. Transformational leadership & citizenship participation: The moderating role of political support and centralization. 

• Boakye Boadu, D. Explaining the emergence of distributive Leadership: The role of personality traits and demographics in group configurations.

• Boakye Boadu, D. The Impact of team identification on distributive leadership: The moderating role of tenure.

• Kroll, A., Terra Pinto, A. L. F., Boakye Boadu, D., Mehta-Kroll, A., & Stewart, A. Mechanism-Based Case Studies for Place-Based Value Creation.

• Boakye Boadu, D. & Cheng, S. How policy narratives and discourses shift over time: The case of DEI using NLP tools and AI.

• Boakye Boadu, D. & Tantardini, M. Through what mechanism does religion shape attitudes towards public institutions?

• Boakye Boadu, D. & Chen, C. Do the individual characteristics of state department transportation director impact the leader’s & organization’s performance? 

• Boakye Boadu, D., Mehta-Kroll, A., & Kroll, A. Using mechanism-based case studies for theory development through counter-narrative integration: Illustrations from cross-border community efforts to resist housing displacement. 

• Boakye Boadu, D. Distributed leadership & vertical leadership: Effects on employee work attitudes and behaviors

America Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference

• March 2026, Hollywood, California

* Local government transparency and citizen satisfaction: Examining the role of public trust and transformational leadership 

* Hybrid leadership model: A meta-review analysis and a pathway to innovative leadership in collaborative governance

*Urban governance and sustainable city concept: The role of city leaders’ behavior

*Team identification & distributed leadership: The moderating role of tenure

*Perceived supervisory support: does informal supervisory position matters?

*Uses and abuses of the street-level bureaucratic discretion: A meta-narrative review

• March 2023, Virtual Conference: 

*Mask or no mask for COVID-19? Do the individual characteristics of governors affect the adoption of statewide public mask mandates.    

*COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan policy: The social construction of the 50 states governors target population

• March 2022, Hyatt Hotel Conference Hall, Jacksonville, Florida: 

* Organizational leadership style and COVID-19 communication: Public health agencies’ online communication in Sweden, Italy, and the United States.

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Research Conference

• Forthcoming November 2026, Boston, Massachusetts

* Local government transparency and citizen satisfaction: Examining the role of public trust and transformational leadership 

* Hybrid leadership model: A meta-review analysis and a pathway to innovative leadership in collaborative governance

*Team identification & distributed leadership: The moderating role of collaborative experience

• November 2024, National Habour, Maryland

* How to activate distributed leadership: Insight from anti-displacement community collaborations in Miami in climate gentrification context

* The social construction of the U.S. states’ COVID-19 vaccine rollout narratives

Public Management Research Conference (PMRC) 

• June 2026, American University, Washington D.C.

*Collaboration fatigue: Defining the concept and explaining its emergence

*Perceived supervisory support: Does informal supervisory position matters?

*Uses and abuses of the street-level bureaucratic discretion: A meta-narrative review

• June 2024, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

* Sustaining distributed leadership: Insights from anti-displacement community collaborations in Miami 

• June 2023, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

* How to activate distributed leadership: Insight from anti-displacement community collaborations in Miami in climate gentrification context

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) 

• Forthcoming November 2026, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

* Local government transparency and citizen satisfaction: Examining the role of public trust and transformational leadership 

* Hybrid leadership model: A meta-review analysis and a pathway to innovative leadership in collaborative governance

*Team identification & distributed leadership: The moderating role of collaborative experience

Academy of Management (AOM), AOM Profit and Nonprofit (PNP) Doctoral Consortium & Conference

• Forthcoming August 2026, 86th Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

* Hybrid leadership model: A meta-review analysis and a pathway to innovative leadership in collaborative governance

*Team identification & distributed leadership: The moderating role of tenure

* Sustaining shared leadership: Evidence from gentrification-related anti-displacement community collaborations in Miami

• August 2023, 83rd Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts: 

*Emergence and effectiveness of distributed leadership: The case of climate gentrification in Miami

•  August 2022, 82nd Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference: 

*Emergence of distributed leadership: The case of climate gentrification in Miami

National Academy of Public Administration’s (NAPAs) Social Equity Leadership Conference (SELC)

• May 2026, 25th Annual NAPAs' SELC, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey

 * Balancing social equity with urgency and scarcity: The case of U.S. covid-19 vaccination

Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) 2024 Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

• Forthcoming October 2026,  Seattle, Washington

• October 2024, Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC 

Annual Yale Bouchet Society Conference on Graduate Education 

• April 2026, 22nd Annual Yale Bouchet,  Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

 * Hybrid leadership model: A meta-review analysis and a pathway to innovative leadership in collaborative governance

• April 2025, 21st Annual Yale Bouchet,  Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

 * Emergence & effectiveness of distributed (shared) leadership: The case of housing displacement in Miami.

• April 2024, 20th Annual Yale Bouchet, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut:

* How to activate & sustain distributed leadership: Insights from anti-displacement community collaborations in Miami

Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECoPA)

•  Forthcoming September 2026, Norkfolk, Virginia (With NeCoPA)

* Balancing social equity with urgency and scarcity: The case of U.S. COVID-19 vaccination.

 * Hybrid leadership model: A meta-review analysis and a pathway to innovative leadership in collaborative governance

*Team identification & distributed leadership: The moderating role of collaborative experience

Collaboration Fatigue: Keeping Cross-Organizational Partnerships from Falling Apart

• September 2024, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

*City leaders' perceptions of urban governance for sustainable urban development

•  September 2023, University of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia

*Under which conditions does distributed leadership outperform other leadership styles? effects on work attitudes and behaviors

*The social construction of the U.S. states’ COVID-19 vaccine rollout narratives

Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

• June 2026, 51st Annual Natural Hazards,  Broomfield, Colorado.

 * Climate governance impact democratic satisfaction: Evidence from developing countries

 * Balancing social equity with urgency and scarcity: The case of U.S. covid-19 vaccination

 * Sustaining shared leadership: Evidence from gentrification-related anti-displacement community collaborations in Miami

Innovative and Ethical Practices and Pedagogies in the Social Sciences: Geospatial Data, Validity, and Fairness Conference 

(Funded by National Science Foundation)

•  January 2024, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

*Using mechanism-based case studies for theory development through counter-narrative integration: Illustrations from community effort  to resist displacement

Annual ADSPA Florida Public Administration Conference

•  January 2024, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

*Activating distributed leadership: The anti-displacement community collaborations in Miami

•  January 2023, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

*COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan policy: The social construction of the 50 states governors target population

FIU’s Department of Public Policy & Administration Conference

• March 2022, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

*What makes distributed leadership emerge, And when is it effective? Collaborative leadership in the context of climate gentrification in Miami

• March 2021, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

* Organizational leadership style and COVID-19 communication: Public health agencies’ online communication in Sweden, Italy, and the United States.