Peter C. Bishop is a professional

futurist Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futures studies or futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities ...

(futurologist), a retired Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight, and the former Director of the graduate program in

Futures Studies Futures studies, futures research or futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of social and technological advancement, and other environmental trends, often for the purpose of exploring how people will live and wor ...

at the

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Early career

In 1968, Bishop received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from St. Louis University where he also studied mathematics and physics. He grew up in

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where he was a member of the

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(Jesuits) for seven years. From

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

, he received an M.A. (sociology) in 1971 and a Ph.D. (sociology) in 1974. Bishop started teaching at Georgia Southern College (now

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) in 1973 where he specialized in social problems and political sociology.

Professional career

Bishop came to the

in 2005, after having taught futures studies at the

University of Houston–Clear Lake The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) is a public university in Pasadena, Texas, Pasadena and Houston in Texas, with branch campuses in Pearland, Texas, Pearland and Texas Medical Center. It is part of the University of Houston System, U ...

since 1982. Specializing in techniques for long term forecasting and planning, he has published a book on the subject, ''Thinking about the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight'', with co-author Andy Hines. He delivers keynote addresses and conducts seminars on the future for business, government and not-for-profit organizations. He also facilitates groups in developing scenarios, visions and strategic plans for the future. Bishop's clients include

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, the

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, Nestlé USA,

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, the Shell Pipeline Corporation, the

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and Central Intelligence Agencies, the

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, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the

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, the

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, and the Center for Houston’s Future. He is a founding board member of the Association of Professional Futurists, and is president of his own firm, Strategic Foresight and Development, which offers education and training in futures thinking and techniques to the corporate market. *Director, Graduate Program in Futures Studies,

, 2005–2013 *Chair, Graduate Program in Studies of the Future,

, 1983–1996, 1998–2005 *Executive Director, Institute for Futures Research, University of Houston–Clear Lake, 1990–2005 *President, Strategic Foresight and Development, 2001–present *Board Member, Association of Professional Futurists, 2001–2007 *Planning officer, NASA Mid-Continent Technology Transfer Center, 1992–1996 *Founder and Director, Space Business Research Center, 1986–1990 *Founding member, UHCL Research Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, 1985–1992 *Founder and First President, TX Council of Faculty Governance Organizations, 1978–1981

References

External links

Biography: Peter C. BishopUniversity of Houston: Foresight ProgramProgram: Foresight Students and Alumni
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