Dr John A. Sweeney is an award-winning author, designer, and futurist. John is a Transformative Foresight Lead at the School of International Futures and is also the UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies for Anticipatory Governance and Sustainable Policymaking at Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

He has worked with numerous universities, international development and humanitarian aid agencies, nonprofit foundations, Fortune 500 companies, and educational and cultural organizations, such as Asia Development Bank, Humanity United, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, NESTA, Oxfam International, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, the World Health Organization, and numerous UN agencies.

John is a member of the World Futures Studies Federation and the Association of Professional Futurists. His work has been published in Futures, Futures andForesight Science, The Journal of Futures Studies, World Futures Review, and other academic and media outlets.