Aleksey Kolpakov is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Department of Politics and International Affairs, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Northern Arizona University. He holds a Master of Science degree in organizational and social psychology from London School of Economics and Political Science and a Ph.D. in public policy analysis and public administration from Indiana university. He teaches public administration, public policy and nonprofit management courses. His research has been published in academic journals such as American Review of Public Administration, Public Performance & Management Review, Public Integrity, International Journal of Public Administration, Regional Science Inquiry and Journal of Health Science.
Specialties: Collaboration Management, Network Governance, Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector, International Nonprofit Organizations, Comparative Public Administration, Representative Bureaucracy, Knowledge Management in the Public Sector, Diversity Management in the Public Sector, Social Network Analysis in Political Science
Recent Publications:
Agranoff, Robert and Kolpakov, Aleksey. 2023. The Politics Collaborative Public Management: Primer. Routledge.
Karsanova, Elena S., Volgin, Oleg S. and Kolpakov, Aleksey. 2020. Information and Communication Technologies as a Condition of Effective Political Management In “Smart Technologies” for Society, State and Economy edited by Elena G. Popkov and Bruno S. Sergi. Springer Series Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59126-7_105.
Kolpakov, Aleksey and Eric Boyer. 2020. “Examining Gender Dimensions of Leadership in International Nongovernmental Organizations” Public Integrity. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2020.1777836
Kolpakov, Aleksey and Anguelov, Luchezar. 2020. “Comparing Decision Making Approaches to Contracting Out”. Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiations. https://doi.org/10.1177/2055563620918811
Agranoff, Robert and Kolpakov, Aleksey. 2020 Researching Networks Through Sequential Explanatory Design. In Networks and Collaboration In The Public Sector: Essential Research Approaches, Methodologies And Analytic Tools edited by Joris Voets, Robyn Keast and Christopher Koliba. Routledge.
Past Conference Presentations
Public Management Research Conference: June 23-26, 2021. Virtual Conference
“Explaining the Development of Nonprofit Networks: A Case of 2010 Haiti Earthquake Disaster Recovery Assistance Networks” with Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University and Ann-Margaret Esnard, Georgia State University.
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) conference: April 14-18, 2021. Virtual Conference
“Measuring Process and Outcome Collaborative Performance in Recidivism Reduction Networks” with Veronica Blas Dahir, Jennifer Lanterman, Denise Schaar-Buis, Chris Marchand and Brian Lee, University of Nevada, Reno.
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Online Conference: April 9-15, 2021. Virtual Conference
“The Prospects of Network Governance in Eradicating Misinformed Electorates Phenomenon and Maintaining Liberal Democracy in America” with Horohito Norhatan, University of Nevada, Reno.
“Assessing Collaborative Performance in Recidivism Reduction Networks” with Veronica Blas Dahir, Jennifer Lanterman, Denise Schaar-Buis, Chris Marchand and Brian Lee, University of Nevada, Reno.
Digital Experience of 2020 American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference
“Accountability, Transparency and Performance Management in Public Management and Collaborative Governance Networks”. Research Panel.
Fall 2023
PADM 301 Introduction to Public Administration
PADM 325 Public Personnel Administration
PADM 450 Leadership Concepts, Skills, and Models in the Public Sector
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