Professor David Dolowitz Ph.D

Over the next three years I intend to build on two strands of research relating to my expertise and global leadership in the study of policy transfer and knowledge acquisition. The fist strand of this will involve expanding my initial research into the ideological foundations and ideational movement of conditional cash transfer (CCTs) in South and Central America (in collaboration with Cecilia Osorio Gonnet - Universidad Alberto Hurtado; Osmany Porto – Universiade Federal de San Paulo). In relation to this strand of my plans will we be: publishing two articles and a book chapter; presenting our work at departmental seminars, regional events, and the international IPPA and ICCP conferences; building on our initial funding 11,225,200 Paso’s (£10,000), with applications to Leverhulme/BA (for the senior fellowship) and the ESRCs working with Brazilian researchers grant (in conjunction with the Sao Paulo Research Foundation application).

The second element of my research track builds on this work, but focuses on China. Over the past two years I have started to build links to Chinese academics (including those currently in China such as: Michael Conners, Yanzhe Zhang, Pan Lixia and Xiong Ye) and others studying China (Giulia Romano). Here the idea to apply for an large project grant linking young and established scholars, grants that target links between UK, French, German researchers interested in environmental policy transfer and impediments to this (i.e. open reach area round 7).

Operating along side these core areas, I am currently involved in the potential bid (with Simion Yates et al.) to the ESRC’s ‘explore people’s relationship with digital technology’. We have had our first two project meetings and I am involved in exploring the potential to bring in academic experts and funds from a team of scholars working at a number of partner orginisations and institutions.

Professor Dolowitz invites any student who is interested in potential PH.D. research to contact him if they are interested in any of the following areas.

• All areas of lesson drawing, learning, and policy transfer between political systems
• All areas of knowledge updating related to policymaking
• Areas involving comparative policy analysis
• Topics associated with American public and social policy
• Issues associated with sustainable urban development – particularly the use and politics of SUDS/LID
• The role of ideational transfer in the management of borders
• Studies of the Belt and Road Initiative and its role in transfer

For informaiton on PhD scholarships and awards go to: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/fees-and-funding/scholarships-and-awards/

Recent Grants:

• (et.al.) ICCP conference, Brazilian Government grant, 11,225,200 Paso’s (£10,000).
• (and Magdaléna Hadjiisky, Romuald Normand). A €20,000 IGPDE grant (Including £1,000 from the University of Liverpool (HLC)).
• (and Kelley, M, Maderis, D., Nickel, D., and Schönfelder, W.), $49,750, EPA Project Grant, RFQ-OH-11-00015, Potential Improvements To Urban Water Resources Through Trans-national Sharing of Experience and Technology: Comparative Analysis of German and American Experience.