Dr Sohail Inayatullah

Dr Sohail Inayatullah's Biography

Professor Sohail Inayatullah is a leading political scientist and futurist. He presents on futures thinking, strategy development, innovation and foresight, and bio-securities futures around the world.

Since 2016, he is UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies. currently at IIUM, Malaysia. Since 2000 he has been at Tamkang University, Taipei (Graduate Institute of Futures Studies); Associate, Melbourne Business School; and instructor at www.metafutureschooo.org. From 2011-2014 he was Adjunct Professor, Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism, Macquarie University, Sydney.

His most recent book is Asia 2038 (2018 in English, and in 2020 in Mandarin and 2021 in Korean). In 2020 he edited Futures thinking for Policymakers with Dr. Susann Roth (Manila, the Asian Development Bank). His recent projects include work with the Government of New Zealand, Government of Egypt, UNESCAP, and WHO.

He is one of 2010 Laurel award winners for all time best futurists as voted by the Shaping Tomorrow foresight network, an association of 2900 foresight professionals.

Since 2000 he has been at Tamkang University, Taipei (Graduate Institute of Futures Studies); Associate, Melbourne Business School; and instructor at www.metafutureschooo.org. From 2011-2014 he was Adjunct Professor, Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism, Macquarie University, Sydney; and from 2001-2020 he was Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast (Faculty of Social Sciences and the Arts).

In March 2011, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. In 1999, Dr. Inayatullah held the UNESCO Chair at the Centre for European Studies, University of Trier, Trier, Germany and the Tamkang Chair in Futures Studies at Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan. He was also David Sutton Fellow at the International Management Centres Association in 1999. From 1981 to 1991, he was senior policy analyst and planner with the Hawaii State Judiciary, where he coordinated the Court’s Foresight Program.

He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Futures Studies. He is theme editor of ‘Globalization and World Systems’ for the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. He has also contributed to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of the Future, The Routledge  Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Peace

Sohail helps individuals and organizations create alternative and preferred futures.

Speaking Topics Include

Theorizing how the future is constructed

Developing futures methodologies

Specialties: Teaching futures

Futures workshops

Futures methods

Macrohistory and futures studies

The futures of ...

 

Leadership Beyond The Great Pause: Climate Change And Other Wicked Problems

Walking Together: Gender Equality Futures 2042 in the Asia-Pacific Region

Creating a New Renaissance: Can Responses to Covid-19 Pivot us to a Transformed World?

Communicating the Future: Foresight as Mindfulness

The Invisible Hand Or Inclusive Flow? The Futures Of The World System

ASEAN 2030: Dire Disruptions and Anticipated Possibilities - What are the futures of the Asia-Pacific region?

The Seven Super Powers of Futurists - the midst of dramatic social and technological change