Mari Sanden

Mari Sanden is an artist and researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) where she is exploring how international research frameworks and programmes can challenge and change the conditions for cross-disciplinary research in ways that opens up for artistic forms of knowledge production. Since 2024 she is project manager of the Horizon Europe-funded research project PACESETTERS. PACESETTERS explores how arts and culture, creativity and cultural heritage can adapt to, contribute to and ultimately push the pace of the climate transition. Sanden has been investigating the challenges and opportunities for artistic research in various contexts, such as CYANOTYPES a skills alliance for the Cultural and Creative Industries, as guest associate editor of the European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy, and as Young and Early Career Researcher Coordinator for the COST Action Artistic Intelligence.