Thomas Lacroix is CNRS Director of research in geography. He works on the relationships between immigrant transnationalism and the state, with a focus on North African transnationalism. He extensively published on the migration and development relationship, diasporic memory, the moral geography of migration or the theory of transnationalism.
More recently, Lacroix’s research examines cities and city networks engagement on migration and integration issues. He is particularly interested in the place of cities in the building of a global migration governance framework. He also explores the epistemology of migration studies, with a special interest in the role of the Critique in migration research and the social engagement of scholars. He is engaged in a multidisciplinary dialogue between social scientists and other disciplinary domains such as the humanities, philosophy and mathematics.
Thomas Lacroix was awarded a PhD in geography and political sciences at the University of Poitiers (2003). He held research positions at the CEDEM (University of Liège), the Centre Jacques Berque (Rabat), the CRER (University of Warwick), the International Migration Institute (Oxford University), Migrinter (University of Poitiers) and the Maison Française of Oxford. He regularly teaches at the Master level at Sciences Po, Oxford University, the University of Poitiers and the University St Joseph in Beyrouth.
Thomas Lacroix is associate editor of Migration Studies, editor of the series "Migrations" at the Presses Universitaires François Rabelais and seats at the editorial board of Migration and Development (Routledge). He is fellow of the Institut Convergence Migrations in Paris and research associate at Migrinter and the Maison Française of Oxford.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 738 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3291-5411 |
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Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Migration policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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Centre for International Research-Sciences Po
Research Institute, Paris, France
Director of research -
Sciences Po
Other, Paris, France
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Maison Française d'Oxford
Other, Paris, France
Director of research
Research
Negotiating Moral Authority for Body Repatriation: The Case of Senegalese Migration
| Authors | Félicien de Heusch, Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Interventions | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction: Thanatic Ethics: The Circulation of Bodies in Migratory Spaces
| Authors | Bidisha Banerjee, Judith Misrahi-Barak, Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Interventions |
City networks and the multi‐level governance of migration
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix, Sarah Spencer |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
Migration-related city networks: a global overview
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Local Government Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The transnational state and migration: Reach, flows and Policies
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Political Geography | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Réseaux des villes hospitalières : un panorama global
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | e-Migrinter | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Three Ages of Algerian Emigration.1 By Abdelmalek Sayad.
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix, Julie Lemoux |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Migration Studies |
Developing a new master’s program in International Migration Studies in New York City1
| Authors | Els de Graauw |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Migration Studies |
D’Abdelmalek Sayad à aujourd’hui : revisiter les « âges » de l’émigration algérienne
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix, Julie Lemoux |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | e-Migrinter | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Social remittances and the changing transnational political landscape
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix, Peggy Levitt, Ilka Vari-Lavoisier |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
Conceptualizing Transnational Engagements: A Structure and Agency Perspective on (Hometown) Transnationalism
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | International Migration Review |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
History, Memory and Migration: Perceptions of the Past and the Politics of Incorporation. Edited by Irial Glynn and J. Olaf Kleist.
| Authors | T. Lacroix |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | JOURNAL OF REFUGEE STUDIES |
Faultlines and contact zones: A new forum for Migration Studies
| Authors | A. Gamlen, A. Betts, A. Delano, ... |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 2 |
Refugee and Diaspora Memories: The Politics of Remembering and Forgetting
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL STUDIES |
Collective Remittances and Integration: North African and North Indian Comparative Perspectives
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Deux décennies de transnationalisme associatif : continuités et changement
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Hommes & migrations | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnationalisme villageois et développement : Kabyles algériens, Chleuhs marocains en France et Panjabis indiens en Grande-Bretagne
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration and Development: The Euro–Moroccan Experience
| Authors | Michael Collyer, Thomas Lacroix, Myriam Cherti, ... |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
Transnationalism and Development: The Example of Moroccan Migrant Networks
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 16 |
Marocains et Sénégalais de France : permanences et évolution des relations transnationales
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix, Leyla Sall, Monika Salzbrunn |
| Year | 2008 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Diasporic Identity, Transnational Agency, and the Neoliberal Reconfiguration of Global Migration
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2007 |
| Journal Name | Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Contrôle et instrumentalisation de la société civile maghrébine dans la coopération euro-méditerranéenne : le cas du Maroc et de la Tunisie1
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2006 |
| Journal Name | L'Année du Maghreb |
L'engagement citoyen des Marocains de l'étranger
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2005 |
| Journal Name | Hommes & migrations | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Les réseaux marocains de développement
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2003 |
| Journal Name | Hommes & migrations | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
L’espace domestique des migrants marocains : les extensions transnationales de l’intimité familiale
| Authors | Jordan Pinel, Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Ambiances | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
International migration and the rise of urban militant networks in the Mediterranean
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix, Filippo Furri, Louise Hombert |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Frontiers in Political Science | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transferts migratoires, institutions sociales migrantes et territorialité morale transnationale
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | L’Espace Politique | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Cross Border Migrant Organizations in Comparative Perspective
| Authors | Zeynep Sezgin, Ludger Pries | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migrant Organisations and the New Governance of Development
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Book Title | Hometown Transnationalism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Hometown Organising and the Multipolarisation of Migrants’ Lives
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Book Title | Hometown Transnationalism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Indian and Polish Migrant Organizations in the UK
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Book Title | Cross Border Migrant Organizations in Comparative Perspective | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Selecting Groups: Moroccan Chleuhs, Algerian Kabyles and Indian Sikhs in Europe
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Book Title | Hometown Transnationalism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Indian and North African Volunteer Sector in Europe
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Book Title | Hometown Transnationalism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
International Migrations and Local Governance
| Authors | Amandine Desille, Thomas Lacroix | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Conclusion: Moving beyond the Postmodern Trap of Transnational Studies
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Book Title | Hometown Transnationalism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Book Title | Hometown Transnationalism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
City diplomacy of ordinary cities: Harnessing migrant inclusion policies for international engagement in Amadora, Portugal
| Authors | Amandine Desille, Thomas Lacroix |
| Journal Name | Governance | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
La chaîne de l’accueil des exilés ukrainiens : Ukraine, Pologne, France
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Journal Name | Métropolitiques | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration and the Village Lifeworld: Exploring the Ambivalence of the Migration Act
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Book Title | Hometown Transnationalism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix, Amandine Desille |
| Book Title | International Migrations and Local Governance | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Wihtol de Wenden Catherine, La question migratoire au XXIe siècle. Migrants, réfugiés et relations internationales
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales |
Diasporic Identity, Transnational Agency, and the Neoliberal Reconfiguration of Global Migration
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Halkias Daphne and Adendorff Christian, Governance in Immigrant Family business. Enterprise, Ethnicity and Family Dynamics
| Authors | Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transformation of Solidarities, Transformation of Statehood: A Migration Perspective
| Authors | Amandine Desille, Amandine Desille, Thomas Lacroix, ... |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration |
Transformation of Solidarities, Transformation of Statehood: A Migration Perspective
| Authors | Amandine Desille, Thomas Lacroix |
| Year | 2025 |
Classe moyenne et migrations : une question de visibilité ?
| Authors | Mathieu Ichou, Angéline Escafré-Dublet, Thomas Lacroix, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Hommes & migrations |