Education futurist · Author · International consultant · Editor-in-Chief, Learning Futures and Emerging Technologies

John W. Moravec, Ph.D. is an education futurist, researcher, author, and international consultant whose work helps institutions understand technological change, rethink inherited models of education, and create learning systems better suited to an uncertain future. As Founder and Principal of Education Futures, he advises governments, universities, international organizations, and education leaders on educational transformation, artificial intelligence, digital innovation, and the future of learning.

John is widely known for developing the concept of the knowmad, a creative, adaptable person who can work, learn, and create across organizational, disciplinary, and geographic boundaries. That idea grew from a larger body of work challenging industrial-era assumptions about schooling, knowledge, work, and human potential.

His work connects theory with practice. John has collaborated with ministries of education, multilateral organizations, schools, universities, and nonprofit organizations around the world. He currently serves as an education consultant with the World Bank Group’s Education Global Practice, where his work includes research, policy guidance, and knowledge development related to educational technology, teacher support, and system transformation. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Learning Futures and Emerging Technologies, an international journal examining how technological and social change reshape education, work, and society.

John is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous books and publications, including Build a Positive Rebellion: Create New Education Futures, Knowmad Society, and the internationally recognized Invisible Learning, co-authored with Cristóbal Cobo. His recent work examines artificial intelligence, educational sovereignty, futures thinking, and the challenge of keeping learning human-centered in an increasingly algorithmic world.

He is also the principal author of Manifesto 25 and creator of the Global Education Futures Readiness Index, two projects that extend his work from ideas into public tools for deep conversations, reflection, and action.

As a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, John helps organizations move beyond incremental reform and toward deeper change. His presentations combine research, strategic foresight, and practical examples so participants can identify emerging trends, question outdated assumptions, and design more resilient, equitable, and future-ready learning ecosystems.

Across his consulting, writing, editorial, and public work, John approaches education as a public and human endeavor. His central question is direct: If many of today’s institutions were designed for a different era, what will it take to create systems that help people thrive in the future now emerging?

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