Alexandra Hall

Alexandra Hall is an Associate Professor at Northumbria University's Social Sciences Department, specializing in interdisciplinary criminology. She holds a BA in Politics, MA in Politics (IPE), and PhD in Sociology. Her research focuses on organized crime, illicit markets (drugs, counterfeit goods), drug dealing, and the political economy of crime. She has held roles including Programme Lead for MA Criminology and Director of the Centre for Crime and Policing.

Her current research examines freeports and special economic zones' criminogenic dimensions, supported by an ISRF Early Career Fellowship (2022/23). She also advises the UNODC on SEZs and environmental crime. Key publications include Fake Meds Online (2016) and Fake Goods, Real Money (2018).

Research interests span honor/shame dynamics in the British Pakistani diaspora, qualitative methods, and digital criminology. She leads Northumbria’s ESRC NINE DTP Criminology pathway, fostering interdisciplinary scholarship.