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Alana Malinde S.N. Lancaster

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Lecturer in Law & Head of the Caribbean Environmental Law Unit, Faculty of Law and Co-I, One Ocean Hub, The University of the West Indies, Barbados

I am a Guyanese-Barbadian environmental, energy & human rights lawyer, academic, and natural resources specialist. Currently, I lecture in International Environmental & Energy Law, and am the Head of the recently formed Environmental Law, Ocean Governance & Climate Justice Unit (ELOG&CJ Unit) of the Faculty of Law. I am also a Co-Investigator and a Member of the Executive Team of the UKRI GCRF-funded One Ocean Hub, and serve as the Regional Deputy Director of the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment for the Caribbean Region.

My specialisations are in international, regional (CARICOM & OECS) and comparative marine environmental law, climate law, international human rights law, the law of the blue economy and international energy law. Within these areas, I have increasingly incorporated into my research a focus on human rights, in particular the rights of minority groups, children, and youth to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment; business & human rights; human rights approaches to international investment law, and climate justice.

Experience

  • 2011–present
    Lecturer in Law & Head of the Environmental Law, Ocean Governance & Climate Justice Unit, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
  • –present
    Lecturer in Law & Head of the Environmental Law, Ocean Governance & Climate Justice Unit, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
  • 2011–present
    Lecturer in Law & Head of the Environmental Law, Ocean Governance & Climate Justice Unit, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
  • 2005–2008
    Lecturer, The University of Guyana
  • 2005–2008
    Director, Environmental Management Division of the Environmental Protection Agency of Guyana

Education

  • 2025 
    The University of the West Indies , Ph.D. in Law
  • 2013 
    Dalhousie University , LL.M. Marine & Environmental Law
  • 2004 
    The University of Guyana, LL.B. (Hons)
  • 2001 
    Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña , MSc Terrestrial & Coastal Zone Management
  • 1999 
    The University of Guyana , BSc (Environmental Science/Geography)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) (Grant Ref: NE/S008950/1)
    Role:
    Co-I
    Funding Source:
    Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)

Professional Memberships

  • International Law Association