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| Sohail Inayatullah |
Professor Sohail Inayatullah is the UNESCO Chair for Futures Studies. He is a political scientist/futurist associated with Tamkang University, Taipei; an Associate at Melbourne Business School, and Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Inayatullah has written more than 350 journal articles, book chapters, encyclopaedia entries and magazine editorials. His articles have been translated into a variety of languages, including Catalan, Spanish, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Indonesian, Farsi, Arabic, and Mandarin. Inayatullah has also written and co-edited twenty-two books/cdroms, including: What Works: Case Studies in the Practice of Foresight; CLA 2.0: Transformative Research in Theory and Practice (2015); The Causal Layered Analysis Reader: Theory and Case Studies of an Integrative and Transformative Methodology (2004) and Questioning the Future: Methods and Tools for Organizational and Societal Transformation (third edition 2007).
In the past three years, among other groups, Inayatullah has addressed or conducted foresight workshops for The Knowledge Park, Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Thailand, Bangkok; Worldvision International, Geneva; Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Brussels; African Youth Futures Network, UNESCO, Paris; National Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur; Office of the PM, Government of Singapore, Singapore; Office of the President, Government of South Korea, Seoul; Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Canada; The European Commission, Brussels; Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia, Perth; Loreto Normanhurst, Sydney; Pearls of Policing (a consortium of Europol, Australia Federal Police, the Dutch Police, the RCMP and the FBI), Hong Kong and Sydney; Australian Council for International Development, Canberra; the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Government of Iran, Tehran; Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne; the Lowitja Institute, Melbourne; Centre for Investment Education, Melbourne; Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Brisbane; and National Disability Services, Brisbane. He has worked with cities around the world on their scenario planning and foresight projects.
His corporate clients include: Bluescope Steel, Sydney; Northern Queensland Airports, Cairns; Bristol Myers Squibb, Singapore; Glaxosmithkline, Melbourne; Australian Pharmaceuticals Association, Sydney; Fuji Xerox, Sydney; Zurich, Sydney; AAMI, Sydney; Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysia, Dow and Sadara Chemical Company, Dubai; National Transport Insurance, Queensland; Stepbeyond, Perth; the Family Wealth Forum, Sydney; Cisco, Melbourne; Indue, Sydeny; Ozri, Melbourne; BUPA Group, Melbourne; Ergon, Queensland; Suncorp Bank, Queensland; and John Holland, Queensland. Through metafuture.org, Inayatullah undertakes speeches, workshops, and facilitation plus expenses. He travels from Mooloolaba, Australia.
