School of Politics and International Studies

Research Interests

My PhD research adopted a panoramic approach to migration between West Africa and Europe by examining different trajectories in Senegal, Mauritania and Spain. I am developing this thesis into a monograph.

My current and future research focuses on the circulation of labour between sub-Saharan and Saharan Africa, particularly with regard to the contemporary realisation of the Sahara's boundaries and the long-standing historiographical separation of the Sahara from 'Africa'. This begins with archival research relating to West African labour mobility, incorporating Mali with existing research of Senegal and Mauritania. I am also interested in regional comparisons of African migration and mobility.

Teaching

I teach on the undergraduate modules of 'State and Politics in Africa' and 'Globalisation'.

Key Publications

• Cross, H. M. (2011) ‘Rents, rights, rejections and resistance: West African migrants, the EU’s migration regime and militarisation in Mauritania’, International Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 15, No. 6: 827-846
• Cross, H. M. (2009) ‘The EU Migration Regime and West African Clandestine Migrants’, Journal of Contemporary European Research. Vol. 5, Issue 2: 171-187.
• Cross, H. M. (2008/09) ‘Migration, Remittances and Development in West Africa: the case of Senegal’, Global Development Studies, Vol. 5, Nos. 3-4: 133-164.