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Isaac Antwi-Boasiako

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PhD Research Student

Isaac Antwi-Boasiako

Exploring Public Relations and Public Diplomacy practices in Ghana’s Foreign publics and Diaspora Engagement Campaigns 2010 - 2020

Research Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Hora MPRII & Dr. Tom Clonan

Isaac Antwi-Boasiako is a PhD Candidate and Assistant Lecturer (HPAL) at the School of Media. His doctoral research focuses on public relations (PR) and public diplomacy. It examines how developing states’ governments employ PR strategies to attract foreign direct investments (FDIs), tourism, foreign aid, and diaspora in their foreign communications for developmental and economic growth purposes.

Isaac holds a master’s degree in international relations from Plymouth University, UK, and another master’s degree in theology and pedagogy from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. He also obtained his BA degree (First Class Honours) in Philosophy and Social Sciences from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi – Ghana. He holds a postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching and Learning from the University College Cork and a certificate in Higher Education Teaching from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University. In addition to English, Isaac speaks fluent Polish and has an elementary level in Spanish and French. He is also a student member of the Public Relations Institute – Ireland (PRII). Isaac was the postgraduate Rep for the Research and Innovation Academy – TU Dublin (between Jan. 2022 – Feb. 2024).

As an academic and researcher, he has published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented academic papers at various conferences and symposia. His research interests include PR, public diplomacy, ethics, international relations, and strategic communications.

Publications

Publications & Working papers:

Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2022). The quest for influence: Examining Russia’s public diplomacy mechanisms in Africa. South African Journal of International Affairs, 29 (4), 463-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2022.2153728 Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2022).

African Governments’ Foreign Publics engagement: Public Diplomacy in African perspective. African Journal of Economics, Politics and Social Studies, https://doi.org/10.15804/ajepss.2022.1.01 link Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2022).

Vaccine Diplomacy Game : The Race for Soft Power. Https://doi.org/10.21427/19WD-5T51 link Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2021).

Virtual Diplomacy in the Wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic [in Polish]. Media i Społeczeństwo, 14, 288–300. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53052/mis.2021.14.18 link Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2021).

Ghana’s Public Diplomacy under Kwame Nkrumah. Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, June, 139–149. Link https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo. RTE Brainstorm Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2022).

How Russia is making ‘friends’ in Africa during the Ukraine war, RTE Brainstorm. link Work-in-progress Book chapters  Antwi-Bo Publications & Working papers: Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2022).

The quest for influence: Examining Russia’s public diplomacy mechanisms in Africa. South African Journal of International Affairs, 29 (4), 463-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2022.2153728; Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2022).

African Governments’ Foreign Publics engagement: Public Diplomacy in African perspective. African Journal of Economics, Politics and Social Studies, https://doi.org/10.15804/ajepss.2022.1.01 link; Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2022).

Vaccine Diplomacy Game : The Race for Soft Power. Https://doi.org/10.21427/19WD-5T51 link; Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2021).

Virtual Diplomacy in the Wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic [in Polish]. Media i Społeczeństwo, 14, 288–300. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53052/mis.2021.14.18 link; Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2021).

Ghana’s Public Diplomacy under Kwame Nkrumah. Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, June, 139–149. Link https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.; RTE Brainstorm: Antwi-Boasiako, I. (2022).

How Russia is making ‘friends’ in Africa during the Ukraine war, RTE Brainstorm. link;

Work-in-progress - Book chapters:

Antwi-Boasiako, I. - Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy for Nation-Building: The Case of Ghana.

Antwi-Boasiako, I. - Building Trust with Stakeholders in Emerging Economies: An Ethical PR Response.

Antwi-Boasiako, I. - Pan-African Public Diplomacy: The Story of Ghana’s Bureau of African Affairs

Conference Presentations
Conferences & Symposium:
1. Feb. 2024 – 1st International African Congress – University of Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun, Poland
Paper title: The African Brand: Changing the Narrative for Nation-Building
2. June 2022 – 3rd International Conference: Contemporary Ethical Issues in Law and Politics – Centre of American Studies, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland
Paper title: Ethical Issues of Western Countries’ Public Diplomacy Towards Africa
3. May 2022 – International Communications Day & Communication Studies in the Digital Age - Üsküdar University, Communication Faculty - Istanbul, Turkey
Paper title: African Diplomatic Missions’ Communication In The Digital Age
4. April 2022 – International Conference: Diaspora – Past and Present and in Time of Crisis – Institute of History and Political Studies, Pomeranian University, Poland
Paper title: Exploration of Public Diplomacy Practices in Diaspora Engagements by African Governments
5. Dec. 2021 – Envisioning the future of Communication: Challenges, Trends & Opportunities – University of Western Macedonia, Department of Communications & Media
Paper title: African Diplomatic Missions Mode of Communication in the Digital Age: The Case of Ghana
6. Dec. 2021 – 37th International Academic Conference – Pedagogical University, Krakow Poland
Paper title: The Pandemic Impact on African Diplomatic Missions’ Activities: The Case of Selected Countries
7. June 2021 – RAIS Conference: Social Sciences and Humanities, Princeton, New Jersey
Paper title: Ghana’s Public Diplomacy under Kwame Nkrumah
8. June 2021 – 2nd International Conference ‘Contemporary Ethical Problems in Law and Politics, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Faculty of Law, Poland
Paper title: The Low Public Trust In Governments: An Ethical PR Response
9. May 2021 – 1st International Doctoral Conference, University of Szczecin, Poland
Paper title: Public Diplomacy of Ghana during the Cold War period
10. Dec. 2020 – XI edition of National Scientific Conference: Virtualisation of Social Life in Times of a Pandemic – University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Paper title: Virtual Diplomacy and Its Problems in the Light of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Symposiums & Seminars
1. Dec. 2023 - Media, Emotion, Society, and Security (MESS Seminars) – School of Media. TU Dublin
Paper title: Nation Branding and Domestic Variables: Examining the Dublin Riots from a Public Diplomacy Perspective
2. Dec. 2023 – 14th TU Dublin Graduate School Symposium
Oral presentation: African Digital PR and Public Diplomacy: Nation-building through Strategic Communication
3. March 2023 - SymPRandA – PR and EDI Seminar – School of Media, TU Dublin
Paper title: Western-centric PR Literature and Pedagogy: A Call for African Voices
4. Dec. 2022 – 13th TU Dublin Graduate School Symposium
Oral presentation (3 minutes): Exploring PR activities in the Gov’t of Ghana’s Diaspora and Foreign Publics Engagement campaigns 2010 - 2020
5. Dec. 2021 – 12th TU Dublin Graduate School Symposium
Poster presentation
6. Dec. 2020 – 11th TU Dublin Graduate School Symposium
Poster presentation

 

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