Peter Hayes
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Nautilus Institute

Peter Hayes, is Director, Nautilus Institute www.nautilus.org in San Francisco and Professor of International Relations with Research and Innovation, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology http://nautilus.rmit.edu.au/ in Melbourne.

He works at the nexus of security, environment and energy policy problems. Best known for innovative cooperative engagement strategies in North Korea, he has developed techniques at Nautilus Institute for seeking near-term solutions to global security and sustainability problems and applied them in East Asia, Australia, and South Asia. Peter has worked for many international organizations including UN Development Programme, Asian Development Bank, and Global Environment Facility. He was founding director of the Environment Liaison Centre in Kenya in 1975. He has traveled, lived, and worked in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. He has visited North Korea seven times. He was born in Melbourne Australia; today he is a dual national of Australia and the United States. He is married with two children. In 1993, he co-authored and -edited Global Greenhouse Regime: Who Pays?, UN University Press/Earthscan Press, Tokyo and London. He also manages the Asia Energy Security! project at http://www.nautilus.org/energy/2005/beijingworkshop/index.html