BIO

Lukáš Likavčan is a philosopher focused on emerging technologies, ecology, and astronomy. In his work, he traces intertwined histories of scientific infrastructures, ideas, and cultures mobilized in the production of knowledge that informs human efforts to sustain planetary habitability.

Lukáš is a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and a co-founder of an outer space consultancy company ⠿ Substrate. He teaches at MA Information Design, Design Academy Eindhoven, and at MA Narrative Environments, UAL Central Saint Martins, where he is responsible for co-curating an R&D platform Earthsuits. He also serves as a venture partner at Restless Egg.

Previously, Lukáš worked as a researcher and project manager at Antikythera think-tank incubated by Berggruen Institute. He held teaching positions at NYU Shanghai, FAMU in Prague, and Strelka Institute, where he also authored his book essay Introduction to Comparative Planetology (2019). As a visiting researcher, he was based at Leiden Observatory, Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo Tech, Vienna University of Business and Economy, Hong Kong PolyU, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, and Panel on Planetary Thinking at the University of Giessen.

Besides his academic work, Lukáš develops transdisciplinary projects that have been presented at CERN Arts, KW Berlin, Hartwig Art Foundation, Tallinn Kunsthall, Sonic Acts, Transmediale, Venice Biennale, Goldsmiths, Cambridge University, Vienna Biennale, UPenn, Peking University, Waag Futurelab, Display Prague, Die Angewandte, and many others.

Lukáš obtained his MA in Philosophy and PhD in Environmental Studies at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.