Teaching
• Second year: US Government and Politics (POLI205) – Average 100+ students. A range of novel aspects have appeared in this course, two of which can be used to illustrate. First, I encourage students to adopt a congressman (culminating in virtual discussion with a member or his staff). Second, I have worked to incorporate a range of different presentation and assessment techniques to help cater to the range of learning styles and types, that exist in a course of this size.
• Third year: Public Policy (POLI 310) – Average 30 Students. Two innovations worth mentioning are the use of seminar hours to help students develop a policy paper that is subsequently presented at the end of the term. In addition, I have while introduced a rolling assessment process that culminates with group presentations relating to a current policy they have been examining during the semester.
• Third year: Welfare State in Theory and Practice (POLI316) – Average 40 Students. This course involves a range of innovative teaching methods – including the use of guest presenters from the third sector, arranging for students to take part in voluntary work associated (often though the Guild of Student projects), raising funds for the Whitechapel centre, basing assessment on portfolios of activity.
• The supervision of a range of third year and MA dissertations.
Teaching areas and courses currently taught
In addition to Professor Dolowitz's current teaching portfolio, he has teaching expertise in:
• Qualitative Teaching Methods
• Comparative Public Policy
• Electronic Platforms as Research Aids
• Policy Transfer, Lesson Drawing and Knowledge Utilisation
• Welfare State studies in bothTheory and Practice
Modules for 2025-26
AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
Module code: POLI205
Role: Module Co-ordinator
DISSERTATION
Module code: POLI401
Role: Teaching
MASTERS DISSERTATION
Module code: POLI119
Role: Teaching
PUBLIC POLICY: AN ADVANCED INTRODUCTION
Module code: POLI310
Role: Module Co-ordinator
THEORIES OF POVERTY AND WEALTH
Module code: POLI316
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Supervised Theses
- Organisational Friction and Power Influence in African Security Regionalism: Studies on ECOWAS and SADC’s Capacity in Security Management
- The Development of Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Policy Frameworks in England (1988-2019)
- The Making of the National Planning Policy Framework: An investigation into the practices and (post)politics of doing pro- market planning reform in the UK central state.