🌍 Joost Beunderman @darkmatterlabs.org is joining us at the 2026 Europe Cities Lancet Countdown Report Launch He’ll share perspectives on turning climate ambition into healthier, fairer and more resilient cities. 📅 10 Sept 10:00 CEST 📍 Barcelona/online 🔗 Register: www.isglobal.org/en/-/the-lau...

Join us for a panel discussion w/ Staci Haines– leading 30yr+ politicised somatics practitioner. Joined by Farzana Khan, @indyjohar.bsky.social of @darkmatterlabs.org (& more TBA), to explore how we strategise, coordinate & become ready to hold power. Wed 22 Apr healingjusticeldn.org/methodology/...

Building Collective Power & Preparing to Govern - Healing Justice Ldn

In the intensity and despair of our times right now, we are being challenged on a level that feels unprecedented. We are on the precipice of real, new

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4/7 Developing community-led indicators is a 'radical act of civic empowerment'. 🗳️ Rather than having success defined by others, communities get to decide what impact they want in their places. Our work here is based on #CornerstoneIndicators by @darkmatterlabs.org . shorturl.at/LagrI

Metrics reimagined

A new approach to metrics is bridging the gap between scientific measurement and human experience, strengthening civic participation, and laying out a path to thrive through adversity.

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“Sheffield Design Lab took place in November 2025, as part of Future Observatory and Dark Matter Labs’ UK 2040 programme” (I was delighted to be able to run this strategic design lab in my hometown of Sheffield, recently, with @darkmatterlabs.org x Future Obs.) futureobservatory.org/news/sheffie...

Sheffield Design Lab: UK2040 Project | Future Observatory

A three-day design studio in Sheffield exploring strategic questions for UK 2040. Moving beyond solutions to identify meaningful research agendas for cities.

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On the Opus Blog, we share a monthly round-up of articles, podcasts, books and more that our team have been learning from and found inspiring to our work 📚 Here's February's, featuring @amahra.bsky.social, Jack Becher and @indyjohar.bsky.social of @darkmatterlabs.org ⬇️ #SystemsChange

What we've been learning from: February 2026

Here's our regular round-up of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking things our team have been reading, watching and listening to over the past month.

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Meanwhile, some good #climate news from 2050. It was fun doing this with @darkmatterlabs.org and @berggruen.org - a little chastened hope. #COP30

Futures Morphologies! Not about fixing the #future into one form—it's about mastering the skill (and legitimacy) to navigate the full spectrum: Platonic, Parametric, Fuzzy & beyond. @darkmatterlabs.org www.linkedin.com/posts/kumli_... #innovation #systems #systemschange

We are #hiring 🌟 a Strategic People Host to co-hold DM People’s processes, experiences, and strategy. Read more and apply here (applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with interviews held in September): app.beapplied.com/apply/knws23...

Strategic People Host w/ remote shared leadership focus

About This RoleDark Matter Labs in recent years has evolved with the work from a close-knit team of 20 members to a collaborative global team of around 70 members. With growth comes transformation. We...

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📣Hot off the press! Taking Stock: A foundation for future housing strategy. We challenge persistent myths about the housing crisis and highlight ways to meet housing need within environmental limits. First output for 🏠Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth🌍. Read a 10 min summary: tinyurl.com/mu59kb29

We are excited to share that we have now finalised the dates for the 2-day Workshop and would like to invite you to register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1343879733...

Untangling Complexity: How Can We Better Support Collaboration on Complex and Interconnected Problems? open.substack.com/pub/darkmatt...

Untangling Complexity: How Can We Better Support Collaboration on Complex and Interconnected Problems?

Workshop in Berlin on Many-to-Many

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We organised a seminar talk by Chloe Treger from @darkmatterlabs.org on TreesAI. Treger shared real-world examples, use of technology modelling and data visualisation as ways to recognise natural infrastructure to be essential for urban well-being and economic growth.

Come join us as we discuss planetary supply chains and futures in a moment of geopolitical rupture. This is part of the @darkmatterlabs.org Planetary Civics Inquiry. Hosted at #MiddlesexUniversity with an amazing panel lined up. Come talk, come listen, come think with us. #PlanetaryFutures

A Fragile Weave: The Promise of Planetary Supply Chains in an Era of Geopolitical Rupture

Entangled Futures Salon series - Planetary Supply Chains - 24 March 2025

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Can we create decent, affordable housing within planetary boundaries? Announcing the launch of a new collaboration between @iipp-ucl.bsky.social, Arup, @darkmatterlabs.org and Rising Tide buff.ly/gKjjNBl

Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth: Affordability within planetary boundaries

New pathways to provide affordable homes within environmental limits

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🌍 Homes that Don't Cost the Earth (#HDCE). IIPP, along with Arup, @darkmatterlabs.org , and Rising Tide, is excited to announce the launch of a new project to reorient the UK housing strategy towards the goal of truly affordable homes for all. 🔗Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/gKjjNBl

The first launch event of @darkmatterlabs.org Planetary Civics Inquiry is starting now! www.youtube.com/live/ZQtyehL... This thought-provoking conversation between artist and philosopher about the interconnectedness of all life. Er - good morning!

Patricia Piccinini and Rosi Braidotti in conversation: Planetary Civics and Regenerative Futures

YouTube video by RMIT Culture

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No wonder extraterrestrials haven't visited us... An amazing talk this morning (evening in Melbourne) by Rosi Braidotti as part of RMIT University and @darkmatterlabs.org #PlanetaryCivics launch #TrashPlanet #ThinkWeMust #DataViz

FreeHouse Tkaronto: how might reimagining our relationship with the house, beyond property, create space for #IndigenousReconciliation? Our proposal for Toronto’s Ravines. provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/freehouse-tk...

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Can reimagining our relationship with the house create space for Indigenous Reconciliation?

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We strive to achieve significant milestones towards planetarity as a frame of action, influencing public policy, creating a governance framework for complex ecosystems, and building a planetary civics alliance for a new knowledge economy and more regenerative futures www.planetarycivics.net/launch

Designing an identity for an emergent initiative like Planetary Civics (www.planetarycivics.net) requires not giving answers but a visual language that enables questions. I designed a variable font at Dark Matter Labs, which is in constant flux between disorder and order, question and answer.

Announcing the Launch of the Planetary Civics Inquiry! We are thrilled to introduce the Planetary Civics Inquiry(PCI) an alliance of researchers, educators, policymakers, designers, and practitioners committed to transforming the structures and processes that shape how we govern our entangled planet

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗖𝗼-𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗭 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 Are you ready to help shape the next generation of capital allocation? Apply here: app.beapplied.com/apply/x1dgac...

Co-Founding Programme Lead – RZ Accelerator

Start Date: March 1st 2025Special Note: This role can be structured as a job share and we allow individual as well as team applications.An Unconventional InvitationWe’re prototyping a different kind o...

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Join us on January 23 for a compelling hybrid event exploring Urban Climate Transitions: Questions of Justice and Pathways to Commoning: tinyurl.com/UrbanClimate... Featuring: Tanya Chung-Tiam-Fook, PhD + Dr. Shahrzad Enderle + @nadhahassen.bsky.social + Austin Gage Matheney + Prof. Wulf Daseking

Yep - we need total systemic change. I'm really inspired by the work of the @darkmatterlabs.org - Indy Johar has published some really interesting pieces on LinkedIn recently... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Indy Johar on LinkedIn: Generative Democracy.. | 11 comments

While many profound conversations are underway about the need for a European Digital Stack, this is a modest contribution reflecting on the work we’re engaged… | 11 comments on LinkedIn

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We are very excited to begin 2025 by advancing our plans to build a new Bioregional Financing Facility here in Tayside, led by Leon Seefeld of @darkmatterlabs.org. Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/ychwtxfj

Reimagining Finance To Regenerate Our Planet: Interview with Leon Seefeld, lead architect of Bioregioning Tayside's planned new Bioregional Financing Facility - Bioregioning Tayside

Bioregioning Tayside’s latest and most ambitious project to date has been to begin working with Leon Seefeld of Dark Matter Labs to build Scotland’s first Bioregional Financing Facility. Read our inte...

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𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰. 𝐀 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐀 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/branding-is-...

Branding is not just a term.

This provocation is part of an ongoing conversation between Martin Lorenz and Emily Harris, centred on the role of design (and specifically…

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🌍 Reminder! Join us tomorrow for Agreement-making with the Ecosystem: A Walk along the River Don! 🌿 📅 Sat, 14 Dec, 10:00–11:30 AM
📍 Ball Street Bridge, Sheffield S3 8SH
ℹ️ Details: shorturl.at/KYPmM Explore how we can collectively steward the ecosystem.

Agreement-making with the Ecosystem: A walk along the River Don

Please join us for a 1.5hr walk along the River Don, where we will explore what it means to collectively build an agreement for stewarding the ecosystem. How we care for the ecosystem is a collective...

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URBREATH Project trabaja modelos de colaboración para el diseño de itinerarios naturales en 9 ciudades europeas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_k9...

Cities’ Perspectives – URBREATH Innovation Processes

YouTube video by Educación Ambiental. Ayuntamiento de Madrid

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How do we care for the ecosystem and nurture the conditions for us to all thrive? Join @darkmatterlabs.bsky.social for Agreement-making with the Ecosystem: 'A walk along the River Don' 🗓️ Sat Dec 14, 9:45-11:30am 🎟️ Booking and details actionnetwork.org/events/agree... #RiverDonProject

This is our first bilingual post. You can find the English version below. The referenced videos are also subtitled so they can be followed in both of these languages.