Michał is a social anthropologist, lecturer and Research Fellow at CROMM (Centre for Research on Migration and Multiculturalism) specializing in the issues of migration, ethnicity, nationalism, multiculturalism, substance misuse, homelessness and migration from Poland. His PhD (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) focused on the politial and symbolic dimensions of the relationship between different waves and groups of Polish migrants in the UK and Italy, the practices of de-territorialized nation state, power relations within diasporic/ethnic associations and negotiations of ethnicity and whiteness. Since 2005 Michał conducted numerous research projects using both quantitative as well as ethnographic methods exploring various aspects of life of migrants from Accession States (EU10) in the UK, as well as migrants from Africa. His research was funded by London local government (among others: Hammersmith & Fulham, Redbridge, Lewisham, Waltham Forest, Greenwich), the European Comission, Research Councils (ESRC), media (BBC Newsnight, Channel 4), think tanks (IPPR) and charitable trust (Southlands Methodist Trust).  His work focuses on homelessness, Eastern and Central Europeans’ participation in British politics and constructions of race among migrants from EU10. Besides academic articles published in four languages, he is a regular contributor to the media in Poland and is a co-editor of Przeglad Polonijny-Studia Migracyjne, a peer-reviewed journal published by the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has been recently appointed to a panel of migration experts advising the Polish Senate. Michał teaches 'Contemporary Urban LIfe', 'Londonopolis - exploring the global city' (for students on Study Abroad programme) and 'Questioning Citizenship'. He was a member of the Cronem team, partner of the Migrapass project (Leonardo da Vinci, 2010-2012).