Sohail Inayatullah
Sohail Inayatullah is a Pakistani-born Australian academic, futures studies researcher and a visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies at Tamkang University in Taipei, Taiwan.[1][2][3]
Academic contributions
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.[4][5] He introduced the idea in a widely cited paper for Futures.[6] He also edited and wrote the introductory chapter for the Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) Reader.[7] He has also described the idea for a popular audience in an article for The Futurist[4] and a TEDx talk.[8]
Inayatullah's work on CLA was examined in a book by Jose W. Ramos in 2003.[9]
Academic positions
In addition to his role at Tamkang University, Inayatullah is an Adjunct Professor, Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism, Macquarie University, Sydney,[10] and Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast (Faculty of Social Sciences and the Arts).[2][11]
Role in journals and web publications
Inayatullah is co-editor (along with Clement C. P. Chang and Jian-Bang Deng) of the Journal of Futures Studies, one of the top journals in futures studies.[12] He is also associated editor of New Renaissance[13] and is on the editorial boards of Futures,[14] Development, Peace and Democracy in South Asia, and foresight.[15]
Inayatullah also co-runs the website Metafuture.org with Ivana Milojevic.[16]
Other affiliations
Inayatullah is a member of the World Future Society and has a blog there.[17] He is also a Fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation.[18]
References
- ^ "Faculty, Graduate Institute of Futures Studies". Tamkang University. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Sohail Inayatullah". School of International Futures. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ Chaudhary, Puruesh (11 January 2015). "The Pakistani Nostradamus". Dawn. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ a b Inayatullah, Sohail (January–February 2014). "Causal Layered Analysis Defined". The Futurist. 48 (1). World Future Society. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Causal Layered Analysis". Scenarios for Sustainability Recipes. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ Inayatullah, Sohail (October 1998). "Causal layered analysis: Poststructuralism as method" (PDF). Futures. 30 (8): 815–829. doi:10.1016/S0016-3287(98)00086-X. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "The Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) Reader: Theory and Case Studies of an Integrative and Transformative Methodology" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ Inayatullah, Sohail (12 May 2013). "Causal Layered Analysis: Sohail Inayatullah at TEDxNoosa". Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ Ramos, Jose W. (2003). "From critique to cultural recovery: critical futures studies and casual layered analysis". Australian Foresight Institute. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Sohail Inayatullah". Macquarie University. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Professor receives global futurist award". 19 January 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Editors". Journal of Futures Studies. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Articles by Sohail Inayatullah". New Renaissance Magazine. Renaissance Universal. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Futures Editorial Board". Futures, Elsevier. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Editorial team". foresight, Emerald Publishing Group. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Futures Studies by Sohail Inayatullah, Ivana Milojevic, and global futurists". Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Sohail Inayatullah's blog". World Future Society. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "WFSF Fellows". World Futures Studies Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
External links
- Metafuture: Futures Studies by Sohail Inayatullah and Ivana Milojević
- Futures Studies: Theories and Methods
- Sohail Inayatullah's blog, World Future Society (archived in 2016)