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PhD candidate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town

Carina is a lawyer and PhD candidate in Public Law at the Centre of Criminology at the University of Cape Town. She holds an LLB and LLM from Stellenbosch University, is an admitted attorney and has worked for the United Nations in various capacities.

Her current research is focused on responses to transnational organized crime at sea. She has done extensive research on heroin trafficking along the southern heroin trafficking route stretching from Afghanistan to East and Southern Africa, ivory poaching and trafficking from East Africa to Asia, as well as the global response to Somali piracy.Her research interests include public law, international law, criminal law and organized crime.

Experience

  • 2015–present
    PhD Candidate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
  • 2020–2020
    Project Support Officer, United Nations
  • 2018–2018
    Consultant, United Nations

Education

  • 2012 
    University of Cape Town, Diploma in Legal Practice
  • 2011 
    University of Stellenbosch, LLM
  • 2010 
    University of Stellenbosch, LLB

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    NRF Grant recipient
    Role:
    Grant recipient
    Funding Source:
    National Research Foundation Security and Justice Chair
  • 2018
    Postgraduate Funding Office
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    University of Cape Town
  • 2017
    PhD Scholarship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
  • 2017
    Dissertation fellowship
    Role:
    Dissertation Fellow
    Funding Source:
    Social Science Research Council
  • 2015
    PhD Scholarship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Attorney's Fidelity Fund