About
Thesis title
'Combining Competition Law and the Right to Health as a Tool to Advance Access to Healthcare'
Supervisors
Professor Niamh Dunne and Dr Margot Salomon
Research interests/areas
Global competition law, health law, constitutional law, socio-economic rights theory and practice, law and political economy
Mila is a PhD candidate at the LSE. Her research explores the intersection between competition law and the right to health on a theoretical and practical level, focusing predominantly on South Africa.
She holds a BA LLB (with distinction) and a PgDip in International Economic Law from the University of the Witwatersrand as well as an LLM (with distinction) from University College London. She previously worked as a legal researcher at Section27, a public interest law organisation focused on the rights to health and education, and as a Law Clerk at the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
Awards / Studentships
LSE PhD Studentship (2025-2029) Pius Langa Memorial Fellowship (2022-2023) University of the Witwatersrand Merit Scholarship (2017-2018), International Relations Undergraduate Award (2018) and Dean’s List (2019-2020)