Dimitrios Krationis presents the research project HYPERION. Foto: Pål Kvalnes
New European Bauhaus – building a sustainable and inclusive future for Europe
OsloMet became a member of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Community in the autumn of 2024. Read about the opportunities it provides for you as an employee.
New European Bauhaus (NEB) is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary concept from the EU (new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu), aimed at stimulating sustainable, beautiful, and inclusive solutions related to societal development and innovation.
As part of making the concept better known to researchers and employees at OsloMet, a seminar was held on March 18th about what NEB is, the opportunities for external funding, and how you as an employee can utilize the NEB Community.
The seminar also served as an opportunity to network and meet representatives who work with or towards NEB in various ways. The Research Council, Oslo Region European Office, and the interdisciplinary network InnoArch, of which OsloMet is a founding member, were all present.
Pro-rector for social impact and collaboration – Carl Thodesen – opened the seminar by emphasizing that the purpose of NEB is relevant to several of OsloMet’s academic environments, as well as the university’s strategic goals. Thodesen also reflected on the political willingness to prioritize inclusion, beauty and sustainability in one of the world's largest funding programs for research and innovation; Horizon Europe.
"New European Bauhaus sends a signal that Europe believes it is important to invest in values such as sustainability, inclusion and belonging. The fact that these values are now under increasing pressure, makes the EU's involvement even more important," says Thodesen.
Interaction between green transition and beauty
The purpose of NEB is to promote democracy and green transition, through city development and research projects, among other things.
The initiative draws inspiration from the art, design, and architecture movement Bauhaus and has, since its inception in 2021, been part of Horizon Europe’s second pillar "Global challenges and European industrial competitiveness."
From 2025, NEB will be organized as its own work program under Horizon Europe, and upwards to 120 million euros will be allocated to the program.
Opportunities for OsloMet employees
OsloMet’s membership in the NEB Community provides employees with an additional platform to find collaborators, gain inspiration and new approaches to projects, and promote their own activities.
This can be an important tool in securing external funding for their projects.
Virginie Amilien from SIFO presents the research project CONVIVIUM. Foto: Pål Kvalnes.
OsloMet projects with NEB funding
At the seminar on March 18th, OsloMet researchers presented projects that thematically relate to NEB.
Researchers Dimitrios Krationis and Mahdi Kioumarsi from the Department of Building and Energy Technology presented the Horizon 2020 project Hyperion, which has developed a tool to assess the impact of climate change on cultural heritage (hyperion-project.eu).
Atle Wehn Hegnes and Virginie Amilien from SIFO presented the Horizon Europe project Convivium, which seeks to establish a new understanding of food cultural heritage, with special attention to sustainability, local communities, social gatherings, and community participation (oslomet.no).
Nenad Pavel from the Department of Product Design presented the project Imagine, which explores cultural imaginations of sustainable futures (imagine.oslomet.no).
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