- Centre for the Study of Democracy
- Homelands
- Climate Change, Energy Policy and Sustainability
About me
I joined the University of Westminster in September 2013. I hold a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Leeds (ESRC-funded) and have taught in the Universities of Leeds and Manchester, the latter as a lecturer in International Political Economy.
I am a member (former chair) of the Editorial Working Group of the Review of African Political Economy. Publications include Migration Beyond Capitalism (Polity 2021), and Migrants, Borders and Global Capitalism: West African labour mobility and EU borders (Routledge 2013). I have also published articles and chapters on the global remittances agenda, migration and labour mobility in West and Southern Africa, the CFA franc under neoliberal monetary policy, and regional integration in Africa.
Teaching
I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, with particular recognition for- commitment to widening participation in higher education, support of students in their academic journey, and providing the environment for students to tackle challenging questions in the curriculum.
Modules taught:
4PIRS007W Labour and Migration in the World Economy
5PIRS011W Rethinking Development and Sustainability
7DVST007W Global Political Economy of Development
Research
My research interests include: international labour regimes, migration and remittances; the state and the social relations of production; monetary policy and democracy in West Africa, and Africa-Europe relations.
Publications
For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.