Paul Nolan is Research Director with Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Survey. A native of Belfast, he has been involved in various NGO peacebuilding campaigns, and in 1998 was chair of the Yes campaign in the referendum which followed the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. His early career was spent in adult education and as Director of the Workers' Educational Association he helped to pioneer anti-sectarian education and training. Before taking up his current post he worked as Director of the Institute of Lifelong Learning at Queen's University Belfast where he also published on issues relatiing to peace education.