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Prateek Shankar

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Planetary Civics Lead at Dark Matter Labs
📍 Berlin Metropolitan Area, Germany

Prateek Shankar is a Strategic Designer at Dark Matter Labs, where he leads the Planetary Civics inquiry. He specializes in systems design, governance, and social justice, leveraging his background from the Rhode Island School of Design. Colleagues describe him as thoughtful, creative, and a great team collaborator.

As a writer and educator, Prateek explores complex topics like decoloniality, language, and the impact of socio-ecological crises. He actively publishes reflections on geopolitical risks and concepts like "Planetary Melancholia, " demonstrating a deep engagement with pressing global challenges outside of his primary role.

Unique fact: Prateek developed the concept of "extralingual citizenship" to analyze the role of language and governance in postcolonial India.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Planetary Civics Lead
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Berlin Metropolitan Area, Germany
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Planetary Governance
Leads the Planetary Civics inquiry at Dark Matter Labs and recently launched the "Planetary Compendium, " a resource for new models of governing life on Earth.
Systems Design
Applies systems thinking to develop new institutional and civic mechanisms that can respond to interconnected, cascading global crises.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Planetary Civics Lead
Dark Matter Labs
3-2024 - 4-2025
Strategic Design & Research — Planetary Civics
Dark Matter Labs
1-2012
Transdisciplinary Designer / Design Generalist
Freelance
3-2025 - 6-2025
Studio Co-Lead / Visiting Lecturer
RMIT University
2-2023 - 1-2024
Adjunct Lecturer — Theory + History of Art & Design
Rhode Island School of Design
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Education
Master of Arts - MA
Rhode Island School of Design
Bachelor's degree
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
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