Paul Fleetwood

Paul Fleetwood is a Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at University of Bradford, teaching sociology with links to real-world applications. His research spans neurodiversity, technology ethics, consumption patterns, and digital subcultures using mixed methodologies.

Fleetwood's current project examines the privacy/personalization paradox in digital services, analyzing tensions between personalized recommendations and data privacy concerns. His phenomenological approach investigates music subcultures and online communities through both quantitative and qualitative lenses.

As a STAR-award winning educator, he connects sociological theory to students' lived experiences. Fleetwood co-teaches across sociology and criminology while leading a module on Sociology of Education.