About Yuting Tai

Dr. Yuting Tai works now as an advisor and researcher at Deltares, contributing to developing integrated, nature-based strategies for climate adaptation and coastal restoration. Her work focuses on bridging scientific knowledge with practical implementation through spatial design, stakeholder collaboration, and decision-support tools. In the EU-funded REST-COAST project, she has led the development of methodological frameworks for decision support, including adaptation pathways, upscaling methodology, and implementation plans across technical, financial and governance domains. By leveraging Deltares and EU Mission tools, she has applied these approaches in pilot cases across Europe and is further exploring their relevance in Global South contexts. Her work helps bridge the gap between system understanding and the application of innovative Nature-based Solutions, contributing to safer, more liveable, and sustainable deltas, thus directly supporting Moonshots 1, 2, and 3.

Yuting holds a PhD in Delta Urbanism (Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment) from Delft University of Technology and previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Wageningen University. Beyond her current work, she has been involved in a broad range of international research and consultancy projects. Her expertise spans multidisciplinary themes such as coastal resilience, spatial planning, climate adaptation, and sustainable landscape design. Notable projects include the Zandmotor and Hondsbossche Dunes in the Netherlands (NWO project ReAShore), where she investigated co-designing resilient coastal landscapes with stakeholders; advisory work for the Grand Canal National Culture Park in Suzhou, China; the development of climate-adaptive landscape scenarios in the Po Delta (Italy) and Baix Ter (Spain) through the Savingscapes Learning Lab; water adaptation strategies for Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and the waterfront development strategy for Gdynia, Poland (in collaboration with ISOCARP).