The WADcouple project is the synthesis and transfer project of the current (2024-2028) trilateral Wadden Sea research. The project started in June 2025 and aims to leverage the scientific findings of trilateral Wadden Sea research for policy and enrich them with a socio-ecological perspective.

To this end, the WADcouple project organises a transdisciplinary knowledge integration process on three different layers. At the first layer, the integration and synthesis of newly acquired knowledge from the five trilateral Wadden Sea research projects (ParCA, SALTGARDEN, TRICMA2, Sedway, WADWAD) will be organised. At the second layer, the active integration of societal actors not yet represented in the individual projects will be sought. At the third layer, the integration of knowledge from the five projects will be deepened and utilised for the evaluation of different use scenarios in the Wadden Sea region through the development of a socio-ecological perspective.