Mari Sanden is an artist and researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) where she is exploring how national and 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. She has been investigating the challenges and opportunities for artistic research in various contexts, such as CYANOTYPES a blueprint skills alliance for the Cultural and Creative Industries, as guest associate editor of the European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy, as Grant Holder Manager for the COST Action European Forum for Advanced Practices and as Grant Award Coordinator for the COST Action Artistic Intelligence. Since 2024 she is project manager of the Horizon Europe-funded research project PACESETTERS, which explores the capacities of art and culture, heritage and creativity to drive the climate transition through artistic research.
