Michael Hitchcock is Professor in Cultural Policy and Tourism at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is

the former Dean of the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the Macau University of

Science and Technology. He holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford (1983) based on field

research in eastern Indonesia. He worked in museums and UK higher education before going becoming

a Dean at IMI Switzerland. He has written and edited 14 books, and is the author over 50 papers in

refereed journals. Many of his most recent papers have been written with Professor Ivan Lai of the City

University of Macau. He has supervised many PhD students to completion, especially here in Macau.