Professor John S. Ratcliffe

John Ratcliffe, BSc (Est. Man.) MA DTech FRICS FSCS FIAVI is a chartered surveyor with over 35 years experience in the real estate field, both as a consultant and as an academic. Currently, he is Director and Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at DIT and founder and chairman of The Futures Academy. He has a deep-rooted dedication to furthering cross-and-multi disciplinary activity among and across the professions of the built environment and more recently, he has become increasingly involved in adopting and adapting the concepts, methods and techniques of 'futures thinking'.

His work on 'Imagineering Cities' and 'Property Prospectives' is fast becoming recognised as a new and exciting way of encouraging academics and practitioners alike to think and act differently and creatively in future proofing present policies.

Source: www.dit.ie/futuresacademy     22/10/2007