Veronica Øverlid, a second-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton, has been awarded a 2020 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholarship.
Her research focuses on migration and refugee law.
Øverlid has a degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies (BA) and an MA in International Human Rights Law.
Prior to the Ph.D., she worked with civil society organizations related to human rights and youth in several countries and has written several articles about human rights activism in Latin America. She has, furthermore, worked at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Egypt, with a focus on gender-based violence. She has significant experience in teaching as well as in outreach work.
Currently, Veronica is involved in various student initiatives at Carleton, including the Migration and Diaspora Student Society and the Graduate Law Student Association. For her doctoral dissertation, she is examining the “migrant caravan” in Central America as a social resistance movement, considering its implications for international law.
Congratulations Veronica on this prestigious award!