Horizon Europe and new European Bauhaus NEXUS Report: Conclusions of the High-Level Workshop on ‘Research and Innovation for the New European Bauhaus’, jointly organised by DG Research and Innovation and the Joint Research Centre

The report offers a set of guiding principles that can shape the goals and ambitions of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative.1 These recommendations are organised on the basis of current and future Horizon Europe organisational structures and timeframes, and include: 1. Opportunities for the current funding period 2021-22 and potential short-term actions as reflected in Chapter 3 and Annex 1. The approach of ‘NEB marking and flagging’ applied to the call topics already defined in the Horizon Europe work programme 2021-2022 is necessary at the early stage of NEB but will likely prove insufficient, with the risk of distorting and dismantling otherwise systemic and holistic proposals in order to fit the Horizon Europe cluster-format. 2. Mid-term goals for the 2023-24 period that include recommendations (Chapter 4 with ‘Precedent Actions’ provided in Annex 2) for the formulation of a set of operating criteria, the identification of specific barriers in the form of knowledge gaps, entrenched behaviours and mindsets, existing institutional structures, and policy barriers, and the enumeration of possible research and design actions within the NEB framework. 3. Long-term actions beyond 2024 that reflect the NEB interdisciplinary, trans-sectoral vision. Chapter 5 and Annex 3 offer a set of novel approaches and formats designed to drive transformative change, making NEB both a disrupter and a re-uniter of Horizon Europe clusters and a sponsor of new, yet critical missions. In the longer term, the NEB can serve to build and operationalise potential synergies between European Union programmes, agencies, and institutions, maximising the effective use of Horizon Europe opportunities for research and innovation, and creating non-traditional educational structures, innovative curricula, and participatory public outreach programs. 4. Chapter 6 outlines a set of strategic priorities and associated benchmarks that describe a path forward for European society and its response to our climate emergency together with our global partners. These recommendations are intended to support the NEB values of Sustainability, Inclusion and Beauty, while seeking to direct its ethical development, guide the systemic analysis that informs it, sponsor the heterogeneous cultural aesthetics that may arise from it, and operationalise the holistic approach to the built environment that is its mission.