Areas of Expertise:

• Law and Policy
• Sustainability 
• Lean Manufacturing

• BA, Languages, The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
• PG Dip, International Relations, The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
• MPhil, International Relations, The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
• PhD, International Studies, The University of Birmingham, UK

• Discipline Leader for MSc in Innovation, Manufacturing Management and Entrepreneurship
• Discipline Leader for MSc in Innovative Design and Entrepreneurship
• Member of the University Journal Editorial Committee

• BASc Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MDE)
• MSc Innovation, Manufacturing Management and Entrepreneurship (IMME)
• MSc Innovative Design and Entrepreneurship (IDE)
• MPhil/PhD (MME)

• Stephenson, J., & Persadie, N. (2019). Anti?discrimination legislation in the Caribbean: Is everyone protected? Equality, Diversity, Inclusion: An International Journal 38:7, 779?792. DOI 10.1108/EDI?11?2017?0238. (Peer reviewed)
• Persadie, N. (2016). Citizen Enforcement of Environmental Law in Trinidad and Tobago. In Emerging practices of States regarding the protection of environmental defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean, edited by Carole Excell and Andrea Sanhueza. Mexican Center for Environmental Law AC (CEMDA), in coordination with the Environmental Advocacy Center of Panama (CIAM) and The Access Initiative?World Resources Institute.
• Persadie, N. (2014). Getting to One?Third? Creating Legislative Access for Women to Political Space in Guyana. In Politics, Power and Gender Justice in the Anglophone Caribbean: Women’s Understandings of Politics, Experiences of Political Contestation and the Possibilities for Gender Transformation, IDRC Research Report 106430?001, by Principal Investigator Gabrielle Jamela Hosein and Lead Researcher Jane Parpart. Ottawa: International Development Research Centre. (Peer reviewed)

• Persadie, N., Sangster, N., Ameerali, A., Soodeen, D., Maharajh, A., & Ramkhalawan, A. (2020, June). Integrated Approach to Masters Programme Delivery in Manufacturing and Design Engineering at UTT. The International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology (IConEtech ? 2020). The University of the West Indies, St Augustine.  
• Bisnath, J., Ramkhalawan, A., Cumberbatch, E., Maharajh, A., Persadie, N., Bickramdass, R., & Soodeen,  D.  (2020,  June).  Experiences of using a single assessment for both Practical Prototyping Skills and Introduction to Energy Engineering. The International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology  (IConEtech  ? 2020). The University of the West Indies, St Augustine.
• Persadie, N. (2013, November 6-8). Patriarchy, Law and Women’s Rights: Protectionism, Subjugation or Equality? 20th Anniversary Conference on Gender Transformations in the Caribbean. IGDS, UWI: St. Augustine.
• Persadie, N. (2013, October 9-11). Managing the Effects of Climate Change: Rhetoric or Reality? Mainstreaming Climate Change in Trinidad and Tobago. Rethinking Regionalism: Beyond the CARICOM Integration Project. SALISES, UWI: Mona. Conference Presentation.
• Persadie, N. (2009, March 9-11). Legal Protection of Women against Domestic Violence in Trinidad and Tobago: Are Our Women Safe? International Conference on Violence against Women. University of Trinidad and Tobago, O’Meara Campus, Arima, Trinidad. Conference Presentation. Also organised an NGO panel presentation and moderated another session.

• Stephenson, J., Persadie, N., Bissessar, A., & Esnard, T. (2020). Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the Caribbean: An Exploration of Work, Employment, Education, Society and the Law. Palgrave MacMillan. DOI 10.1007/978?3?030?47614?4.
• Persadie, N. (2019). Gender, Inclusionary Politics and the Electoral Quota in Guyana: Politics as Usual? In Unmasking the State: Politics, Society and Economy in Guyana, 1992?2015, edited by Arif Bulkan and D. Alissa Trotz, 394?428. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers. (Peer reviewed)
• Persadie, N. (2016). Arriving at 33%: Guyana’s Road to Quota Adoption. In Negotiating Gender, Policy and Politics: Feminist Strategies, Masculinist Resistances and Transformational Possibilities in the Caribbean, edited by Gabrielle Hosein and Jane Parpart. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. (Peer reviewed)
• Persadie, N., & Ramlogan, R. (2016). Caribbean Commonwealth Business Law. 3rd ed. London: Routledge?Cavendish Publishing.
• Persadie, N. (2012). A Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of Law as a Tool to Achieve Gender Equality. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
• Ramlogan, R., & Persadie, N. (2012). The Inherent Conflict between Sound Environmental Stewardship and Political Leadership in the Developing World: A Case Study of Trinidad and Tobago. In Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook, edited by Deborah Rigling Gallagher, 557?567. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Persadie, N., & Ramlogan, R. (2010). Company Law: Course Materials. St Augustine: UWI.
• Persadie, N., & Ramlogan, R. (2007). Pursuing Development and Protecting the Environment: Dilemma of the Developing World. In Global Environment: Problems and Policies, Vol. I., edited by K.R. Gupta, M. Jankowska and P. Maiti, 58?106. New Delhi, Atlantic. (Reprint).
• Persadie, N., & Ramlogan, R. (2006). Attitudinal Transformation of Industrial Relations in Trinidad and Tobago. In Industrial Relations in the Caribbean: Issues and Perspectives, edited by Samuel Goolsaran, 306?322. Port of Spain, Trinidad: International Labour Organization, Caribbean Office.
• Ramlogan, R., & Persadie, N. (2004). Developing Environmental Law in Trinidad and Tobago. San Juan: Lexicon Trinidad Limited.