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Born | 1958 (age 66–67) 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 |
Sohail Inayatullah is a Pakistani-born Australian academic,futures studies researcher and a professor at the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies at Tamkang University in Taipei,Taiwan. [1] [2] [3]
Born in 1958 in Lahore,Pakistan,to a father who worked as a researcher for the United Nations and a Sufi mother,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 particular P. R. Sarkar. [4]
Inayatullah is most famous for introducing and pioneering the futures technique of causal layered analysis,that uses a four-layered approach to bring about transformative change. [5] [6] He introduced the idea in a widely cited paper for Futures. [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 for The Futurist [5] and a TEDx talk. [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]
In 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 the University of the Sunshine Coast (Faculty of Social Sciences and the Arts) from 2001 to 2020. [2] [17] [18]
Inayatullah is co-editor (along with Jose Ramos,Anisah Abdullah,and Kuo-Hua Chen) of the Journal of Futures Studies ,one of the top journals in futures studies. [19] He is on the editorial boards of Futures , [20] Journal of Foresight and Thought Leadership, [21] World Futures,Futures and Foresight Science, [22] World Futures Review [22] and foresight. [23]
Inayatullah is also the co-founder of educational think tank Metafuture.org along with Dr. Ivana Milojević. [24]
Inayatullah is a member of the World Future Society and blogs at the Journal of Futures Studies website. He is also a Fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation. [25] He has also voiced his support for the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly,an organisation which campaigns for democratic reform in the United Nations. [26]