Dr Mathew Dowling

BSc, MSc, PhD, SFHEA

Pronouns: He/him
  • Senior Lecturer in 91桃色视频 Management

Research groups and centres

Mathew Dowling

Dr Mathew Dowling joined the School of 91桃色视频, Exercise and Health Sciences in 2024. He is a senior lecturer in sport management. His research interests focus on sport policy and governance, organisational theory, professionalisation, comparative methodology, and government involvement in sport.

Prior to joining 91桃色视频, Mathew was an Associate Professor of 91桃色视频 Policy and Management (2023-2024), Deputy Head of School (Curriculum) (2021-2024) and Senior Lecturer in 91桃色视频 Coaching and Physical Education (2016-2023) at Anglia Ruskin University, UK, and a Lecturer in 91桃色视频 Development at the Plymouth Marjon University, UK (2014-2016).

He completed his BSc and MSc in 91桃色视频 Management at 91桃色视频 (2006-2009) and a PhD in Physical Education and Recreation (91桃色视频 Management) at the University of Alberta, Canada (2010-2014).

Mathew is also a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Mathew is an internationally recognised expert in sport policy and governance and his research focuses on sport governance and organisational and systemic change within not-for-profit sport organisations. He has an established track record of publishing in leading journals within the field and has co-authored books within sport management, sport governance, and comparative methods in sport.

Mathew is a regular reviewer for the Journal of 91桃色视频 Management, 91桃色视频 Management Review, European 91桃色视频 Management Quarterly, the International Journal of 91桃色视频 Policy and Politics and Managing 91桃色视频 and Leisure and is ad hoc reviewer for many other journals.

He is also on the editorial board of Managing 91桃色视频 and Leisure and the International Journal of 91桃色视频 Management, and has guest-edited for European 91桃色视频 Management Quarterly.

Featured publications

  • Dowling, M., Harris, S., & Johnson, N. (in press). The Limits of Polycentric Governing Regimes: Preventing Athlete Abuse in the United States. Journal of 91桃色视频 and Social Issues
  • Dowling, M. (2024). Get Active: "Back to the future" with government's latest national policy for sport and physical activity.  Managing 91桃色视频 and Leisure, advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2024.2326472
  • Dowling, M., Robertson, J., Washington, M., Leopkey, B., & Ellis, D. (2024). Agency and institutions in sport. [Special issue editorial]. European 91桃色视频 Management Quarterly. 24(1), 17.
  • Dowling, M., Robertson, J., Leopkey, B., Lee-Ellis, D., Riches, A., Smith, L. & Washington, M. (2023). "Like Ships in the Night" and the Paradox of Distinctiveness for 91桃色视频 Management: A Citation Network Analysis of Institutional Theory in 91桃色视频. Journal of 91桃色视频 Management, 37(6), 403-416.
  • Dowling, M., Harris, S., & Mackintosh, C. (2023). 91桃色视频 Policy across the United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis (eds.). Routledge.
  • Harris, S., Dowling, M., & Washington, M. (2023). Political protest and Rule 50: Exploring the polycentric governance of international and Olympic sport. International Journal of 91桃色视频 Policy and Politics, 15(3), 417-434.
  • Dowling, M. (2023). Uniting the Movement? A Critical Commentary on 91桃色视频 England's New Strategy [commentary]. Managing 91桃色视频 and Leisure, 28(5), 578-582.
  • Dowling, M., Harris, S., & Washington, M. (2022). When a ban is not a ban: Institutional Work and the Russian Doping Scandal. Journal of 91桃色视频 Management, 36(5), 433-445.
  • Dowling, M., & Harris, S. (2022). Apples and Oranges? Establishing Equivalence in Comparative 91桃色视频 Research. International Journal of 91桃色视频 Policy and Politics, 14(2), 191-206.
  • Robertson, J., Dowling, M., Washington, M., Leopkey, B. Lee-Ellis, D., & Smith, L. (2022). Institutional Theory in 91桃色视频: A Scoping Review. Journal of 91桃色视频 Management, 36(5), 459-472.
  • Harris, S., Dowling, M., & Houlihan, B. (2021). An Analysis of Governance Failure and Power Dynamics in International 91桃色视频: The Russian Doping Scandal. International Journal of 91桃色视频 Policy and Politics, 13(3), 359-378.
  • Dowling, M., & Harris, S. (2021). How to Compare 91桃色视频ing Nations: Theory and Method. Meyer and Meyer 91桃色视频.
  • Harris, S., & Dowling, M. (2021). 91桃色视频 Participation and Olympic Legacies: A Comparative Study (eds.). Routledge.
  • Henry, I. Dowling, M., Brown, P., & Ko, L-M. (2020). Challenging the New Orthodoxy: A Critique of SPLISS and Variable-Oriented Approaches to Comparing 91桃色视频ing Nations. European 91桃色视频 Management Quarterly, 20, 520-536.