Sohail Inayatullahis a Pakistani-born Australian academic,futures studiesresearcher and a professor at the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies atTamkang UniversityinTaipei,Taiwan.[1][2][3]
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Lahore, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Australian |
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| Known for | Causal layered analysis |
| Spouse | Ivana Milojevic |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Honorary Doctorate,Universiti Sains Malaysia |
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| Alma mater | University of Hawaiʻi |
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| Website | Official website |
Biography
editBorn in 1958 inLahore,Pakistan, to a father who worked as a researcher for theUnited Nationsand aSufimother, he grew up in numerous countries including the United States, Switzerland and Malaysia. His main influences include James Dator,Johan Galtung,William Irwin Thompson and in particularP. R. Sarkar.[4]
Academic contributions
editInayatullah is most famous for introducing and pioneering thefutures techniqueofcausal layered analysis,that uses a four-layered approach to bring about transformative change.[5][6]He introduced the idea in a widely cited paper forFutures.[7]He also edited and wrote the introductory chapter for the Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) Reader.[8]He has described the idea for a popular audience in an article forThe Futurist[5]and aTEDxtalk.[9]
Inayatullah's work on CLA was examined in a book by Jose W. Ramos in 2003.[10]He also invented the method known as, the Futures Triangle,[11][12]the Integrated Scenario Method,[13]and with Ivana Milojevic, the Change Progression Scenario Method.[14]
Academic positions
editIn addition to his role at Tamkang University, Inayatullah is the UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies at the Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity, IIUM, Malaysia[15]From 2016 to 2021, he was the UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies at USIM, Malaysia. He was also an adjunct professor at the Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism,Macquarie University,Sydney,[16]from 2011 to 2014 and adjunct professor at theUniversity of the Sunshine Coast(Faculty of Social Sciences and the Arts) from 2001 to 2020.[2][17][18]
Role in journals and web publications
editInayatullah is co-editor (along with Jose Ramos, Anisah Abdullah, and Kuo-Hua Chen) of theJournal of Futures Studies,one of the top journals infutures studies.[19]He is on the editorial boards ofFutures,[20]Journal of Foresight and Thought Leadership,[21]World Futures, Futures and Foresight Science,[22]World Futures Review[22]andforesight.[23]
Inayatullah is also the co-founder of educational think tank Metafuture.org along with Dr. Ivana Milojević.[24]
Other affiliations
editInayatullah is a member of theWorld Future Societyand blogs at theJournal of Futures Studieswebsite. He is also a Fellow of theWorld Futures Studies Federation.[25]He has also voiced his support for theCampaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly,an organisation which campaigns for democratic reform in the United Nations.[26]
References
edit- ^"Chuyên nhiệm thầy giáo".Tamkang University.Retrieved25 February2021.
- ^ab"Sohail Inayatullah".School of International Futures.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^Chaudhary, Puruesh(11 January 2015)."The Pakistani Nostradamus".Dawn.Retrieved15 October2015.
- ^José M. Ramos,From Critique to Cultural Recovery: Critical Futures Studies and Causal Layered Analysis,Australian Foresight Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, 2003, p. 34
- ^abInayatullah, Sohail (January–February 2014)."Causal Layered Analysis Defined".The Futurist.48(1).World Future Society.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^"Causal Layered Analysis".Scenarios for Sustainability Recipes.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^Inayatullah, Sohail (October 1998)."Causal layered analysis: Poststructuralism as method"(PDF).Futures.30(8): 815–829.doi:10.1016/S0016-3287(98)00086-X.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^"The Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) Reader: Theory and Case Studies of an Integrative and Transformative Methodology"(PDF).Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^Inayatullah, Sohail (12 May 2013)."Causal Layered Analysis: Sohail Inayatullah at TEDxNoosa".Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^Ramos, Jose W. (2003)."From critique to cultural recovery: critical futures studies and casual layered analysis".Australian Foresight Institute.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^Inayatullah, Sohail (1 January 2008)."Six pillars: futures thinking for transforming".Foresight.10(1): 4–21.doi:10.1108/14636680810855991.ISSN1463-6689.
- ^Riedy, Chris (15 June 2017)."The futures triangle".Medium.Retrieved13 December2022.
- ^Inayatullah, Sohail."Futures Studies: Theories and Methods".OpenMind.Retrieved13 December2022.
- ^"Asia-Pacific Futures in 2040: raising ambitions for a healthy environment".ESCAP.Retrieved14 December2022.
- ^"IIUM UNESCO Chair on Futures Studies: Anticipation for Sustainability and Wellbeing – International Islamic University Malaysia".iium.edu.my.Retrieved19 October2022.
- ^"Sohail Inayatullah".Macquarie University.Archived fromthe originalon 14 July 2014.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^"Professor receives global futurist award".19 January 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 14 July 2014.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^"Metafuture: About us".Metafuture.Retrieved25 February2021.
- ^"Editors".Journal of Futures Studies.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^"Futures Editorial Board".Futures,Elsevier.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^"Members of the Editorial Team".joftl.org.Retrieved13 December2022.
- ^ab"Futures Publications – Journals – WORLD FUTURES STUDIES FEDERATION".Retrieved13 December2022.
- ^"Editorial team".foresight,Emerald Publishing Group.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^"Metafuture".Facilitating Futures.Retrieved25 February2021.
- ^"WFSF Fellows".World Futures Studies Federation.Retrieved2 July2014.
- ^"Overview".Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly.Retrieved12 October2017.
External links
edit- Metafuture: Futures Studiesby Sohail Inayatullah and Ivana Milojević
- Futures Studies: Theories and Methods
- Sohail Inayatullah's blog,World Future Society(archived in 2016)