Education
PhD in Competition Law at the University of Cambridge
Subjects
Competition Law, International Arbitration, Information Law, International Trade Law, Human Rights Law
Achievements
Recipient of full doctoral funding from the Cambridge Trust under the HRH The Prince of Wales Scholarships for Small Island Developing States; LL.M. with Distinction from the University of Glasgow under the African and Caribbean Excellence Partners Award; Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, as a University Open Scholar; Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School; Garvey-Nkrumah Fellow in international dispute resolution; winner of the Caribbean-China International Moot Court Competition with awards for Best Oralist and Best Written Submissions; recipient of the Fair Trading Commission Essay Competition Grant; former Fellow at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; published in international journals across competition law, international tax, sports law, international trade, and human rights
About
Carissa is an attorney-at-law and PhD candidate in competition law at the University of Cambridge, where her research examines the relationship between competition law, market regulation, and development in small and emerging economies. Her academic training spans institutions in the Caribbean and the United Kingdom, with a strong focus on international economic governance, information law, and competition policy. Alongside her doctoral research, she has served as a research assistant on international projects with institutions including the University of Birmingham, UN Women, the World Bank, and the International Organization for Migration, contributing to work on development, equality, and regulatory reform. She has several years of experience mentoring students and early-career professionals through research supervision, writing support, and career guidance, and brings a broad interdisciplinary perspective to questions of law, fairness, and economic development.
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