Nathan Shea is a Research Associate with the University of Melbourne. His Master of International Relations included a thesis entitled Non-Government Actors in Peace Processes: Evaluating the Contribution of NGOs in the Mediation of Intrastate Conflicts. His research interests include mediation and other conflict resolution techniques, and peacemaking NGOs, with particular relevance to the Aceh Peace Process. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in journalism from the University of Queensland.