Peter John Hayes (born 1953 in Melbourne) is the Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability,[1] a non-governmental policy-oriented research and advocacy group.
[2] His PhD was written on non-proliferation regimes in Northeast Asia.
[3] He was Professor of International Relations, RMIT University.
[5] The Institute runs an information service in Pyongyang.
[6][7] He was a co-founding member of Friends of the Earth Australia in Melbourne from 1973 to 1975 and First Director of the Environmental Liaison Centre to the United Nations Environment Program established at Nairobi, Kenya, 1975-6.