Michael Palkowski

Dr. Michael Palkowski is a Senior Lecturer at the University of East London within the Business & Law school. His research focuses on cultural tourism, psychogeography, and unconventional sociological topics including feederism studies. He has published widely on authenticity in cultural narratives, urban space analysis, and intersectional studies of gender and sexuality. His work combines qualitative methods like autoethnography with critical sociological analysis.

Key research themes include:

• Psychogeographical approaches to urban tourism
• Sociocultural analysis of feederism
• Male experiences in domestic abuse contexts
• Critical examinations of masculinity studies

His recent publications (2014-2023) show a consistent focus on under-researched areas of sexuality studies and urban sociology, with notable contributions to debates around academic ethics and plagiarism in scholarly publishing.