Michael Hitchcock is an Emeritus Professor in the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship. Between 2014 and 2021, he was Professor in Cultural Policy and Tourism at Goldsmiths, University of London. He conducts practice-based work on cultural tourism and cultural heritage management, especially with regard to Asia. He took his doctorate at the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford in 1983 based on his research and a practice-based project in eastern Indonesia.
He worked as a curator at National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside and the Horniman Museum in London before joining Hull University as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in 1989. In 1995 he was appointed to a Chair at London Metropolitan University (formerly University of North London) and became a Research Institute Director before joining the University of Chichester as a Deputy Dean. He was a Dean at IMI Switzerland and the Macau University of Science and Technology before joining Goldsmiths in 201
Michael Hitchcock has written and edited 14 books, including the bestselling Indonesian Textiles and Bali: The Imaginary Museum (with Lucy Norris). He has published 55 journal papers and has numerous other published outputs. Michael has co-authored publications with Southeast Asian, Chinese, European and African researchers.
He is interested in managing World Heritage Sites, the relationship between culture and tourism, and form of development and regeneration. He has secured grants from a variety of sources such as the ESRC, British Academy, British Council/DfID, European Commission and the Macau Foundation, and has been a Strategic Referee for the AHRC. He is a qualified ESRC-recognized PhD supervisor and has supervised over 20 PhD students to completion. He is Chair of the James Henry Green Trust, which helps to fund the research and curatorial work in the World Art Collection at Brighton Museum.
See Professor Michael's research output at Goldsmiths Research Centre.
