Jonatan A. Lassa is research fellow with the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he researches food and environmental security issues. Prior to joining RSIS, he served as a PhD researcher with the United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security in Bonn and as an Indonesia postdoctoral fellow at the Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School. In his professional career, he has also worked with the United Nations, international nongovernmental organizations and the private sector.