Summary
Dr. Peter C. Bishop is the Exec Director of Teach the Future, Inc., having retired as an Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight and Director of the graduate program in Foresight at the University of Houston in August 2013.
Before establishing Teach the Future, Dr. Bishop specialized in techniques for long term forecasting and planning, and he has published two books on the subject: Thinking about the Future (2007) and Teaching about the Future (2012), both with co-author Andy Hines.
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Biography
Dr. Bishop delivered keynote addresses and conducted seminars on the future for business, government and not-for-profit organizations and now so for the Teach the Futures initiative. He also facilitated groups in developing scenarios, visions and strategic plans for the future. Dr. Bishop’s clients included IBM, the NASA Johnson Space Center, the Shell Pipeline Corporation, the Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Texas Department of Transportation,,and the Center for Houston’s Future. Dr. Bishop is a founding board member of the Association of Professional Futurists, and he is President of his own firm, Strategic Foresight and Development, which offers education and training in strategic foresight to the corporate market and which directs funds to Teach the Future.
Dr. Bishop came to the University of Houston in 2005, having taught futures studies at the Clear Lake campus since 1982. Dr. Bishop started teaching at Georgia Southern College in 1973 where he specialized in social problems and political sociology. He received his doctoral degree in sociology from Michigan State University in 1974. Dr. Bishop received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from St. Louis University where he also studied mathematics and physics.
He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri where he was a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) for seven years. Dr. Bishop is married with two children and two grandchildren.Biographical Sketch PETER C. BISHOP, PH.D. Dr. Peter C. Bishop is the Exec Director of Teach the Future, Inc., having retired as an Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight and Director of the graduate program in Foresight at the University of Houston in August 2013. Before establishing Teach the Future, Dr. Bishop specialized in techniques for long term forecasting and planning, and he has published two books on the subject: Thinking about the Future (2007) and Teaching about the Future (2012), both with co-author Andy Hines. He delivered keynote addresses and conducted seminars on the future for business, government and not-for-profit organizations and now so for the Teach the Futures initiative. He also facilitated groups in developing scenarios, visions and strategic plans for the future. Dr. Bishop’s clients included IBM, the NASA Johnson Space Center, the Shell Pipeline Corporation, the Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Texas Department of Transportation,,and the Center for Houston’s Future. Dr. Bishop is a founding board member of the Association of Professional Futurists, and he is President of his own firm, Strategic Foresight and Development, which offers education and training in strategic foresight to the corporate market and which directs funds to Teach the Future. Dr. Bishop came to the University of Houston in 2005, having taught futures studies at the Clear Lake campus since 1982. Dr. Bishop started teaching at Georgia Southern College in 1973 where he specialized in social problems and political sociology. He received his doctoral degree in sociology from Michigan State University in 1974. Dr. Bishop received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from St. Louis University where he also studied mathematics and physics. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri where he was a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) for seven years. Dr. Bishop is married with two children and two grandchildren.
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Videos
Can the Future Be Taught? Peter Bishop at the Dubai Future Forum 2022
January 13, 2025 (03:30)
By: Teach the Future
Teach the Future’s Peter Bishop discusses what he considers vital for the next generation to be learning in order to prepare for the anticipated radical social change that many will experience.
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Peter Bishop, founder of Teach the Future – USA
(09:00)
By: Teach the Future
Teach the Future
Teach the Future is a global non-profit movement that promotes ‘futures literacy’ as a life skill for students and educators.
In a rapidly evolving world it is essential to learn how to deal with uncertain and ever-changing futures. Let’s prepare our next generations with these skills in the classroom!
Our aspiration is that every student is prepared to navigate an uncertain world and has the agency to imagine and create their preferred future.
Our mission is to teach futures-thinking skills to students and educators around the world and to inspire them to influence their futures.
Books
Teaching about the Future
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The faculty at the University of Houston’s program in Futures Studies share their comprehensive, integrated approach to preparing foresight professionals and assisting others doing foresight projects. Provides an essential guide to developing classes on the future or even establishing whole degree programs.
