Mari Sanden is a PhD candidate at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where she is exploring how the potential of mission oriented research under Horizon Europe may challenge and can effectively change the conditions for cross-disciplinary research in ways that include artistic forms of knowledge production. Her research is embedded in networks and projects such as CYANOTYPES a blueprint skills alliance for the CCI, the Impact Attribution LAB, the Actionable Futures network, the COST Action European Forum for Advanced Practices, and the Strategic Topic Group Just Innovation in the EIT Culture & Creativity.