Mercy Masta has been working with Conciliation Resources since May 2021 and is currently a Programme Associate advising on Policy and Learning in the Southeast Asia and the Pacific Programmes. She has worked on Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade programmes in PNG and the Pacific. Dr Masta has a Master of Development and Gender Studies degree from the University of Melbourne and a PhD from the RMIT University in Australia researching masculinities in Fiji and PNG. She is also a Pacific visiting scholar with the Australian National University.