Research

Selected Publications

Osei, B., Kulu, E., Appiah-Konadu, P., Kuuwill, A., & Apetorgbor, V. K. (2026). Intensifying sponge cities development to tackle flooding: Evidence from Central and Southern European cities. Scottish Geographical Journal, 1–18.
doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2026.2697416
Apetorgbor, V. K., & Appiah-Konadu, P. (2026). Colonial legacies and the uneven rise of Ghana’s knowledge economy: Evidence from the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS). In Edeh, J. (ed) Who Owns Africa? Volume I: The Cage Was Built. Centre for Emerging Markets. Forthcoming.
Apetorgbor, V. K., Appiah-Konadu, P., & Osei, B. (2024). Creating Shared Value for Stakeholders: A Strategic Approach to Building Sustainable Businesses in Africa. In Ogbu, S.U., Ogbechie, R. (eds) Business Ethics in Africa, Volume I. Palgrave Macmillan.
doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64427-6_9
Appiah-Konadu, P., Apetorgbor, V. K., & Atanya, O. (2022). Non-financial reporting regulation and the state of sustainability disclosure among banks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review on banks in Ghana and Nigeria. Management and Leadership for a Sustainable Africa, Volume 2, 55.
doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04923-1_4

Work in Progress

“My sheep hear my voice”: The effect of papal speech on anti-immigration hate crimes in Italy [draft in preparation]

with Elisabetta Lodigiani

A difference-in-differences design testing whether Pope Francis’ 2013 Lampedusa speech reduced anti-immigration hate crimes in Catholic-leaning Italian municipalities.

Bullied or bullying into tracks? The effect of peer aggression on the choice of high school tracks in Italy[draft in preparation]

with Giorgio Brunello and Elisabetta Lodigiani

A control-function approach, using INVALSI panel data, examining how primary-school bullying perpetration and victimisation affect academic-track enrolment eight years later.

Kept poor by design? Colonial origins of Ghana's north–south divide[ongoing]

Internal migration and far-right voting in Northern Italy[ongoing]