General Information

PhD students, postdoctoral and junior scientists coming from all around the world and with diverse backgrounds (ecology, economy, earth sciences, geography, …) are welcome.

If you are passionate about exploring the role that the sediment-water interactions will have in our future society and you are excited about these challenging topics, then this course if for you !

The Sediment-Water Interactions Summer School 2025 will last one week (5 days) and take place from the 23^rd to the 27^th of June 2025. Arrivals are expected on 22^nd of June, departures or transfers to the IASWS symposium in ‘Le Touquet’ will be on 28^th of June.

The Sediment-Water Interactions Summer School 2025 will take place in the Station Marine de Wimereux, Department of the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Lille, one of the oldest marine stations in France. One day will be dedicated to lectures and practical works in Lille University, and another day will be partly dedicated to field works/measurements/samplings in the Canche estuary.

The first research in marine biology in Wimereux dates back to 1874, when Alfred GIARD (1846-1908), Professor at the Institute of Zoology of Lille, settled in a basic laboratory, in the chalet called "le Sorézien", located in the dunes, near the sea, the Wimereux river and the old napoleonian harbour.

The Station Marine de Wimereux is presently member of the French national network of marine stations.

Further information about the Station Marine de Wimereux can be found on the Website (historical overview, organization, field trainees on marine ecology at Lille University, Master studies on marine ecology at Lille University, hosting of foreign trainees, research works).

Accommodation for the whole duration of the Sediment-Water Interactions Summer School 2025 (arrival 22^th of June, departure 28^st of June) will be proposed in bungalows of the Camping ‘l’Eté Indien’, located a couple of minutes away from the Marine Station of Wimereux and Wimereux town center. The registration fee includes the accommodation in collective mobil-homes (3 to 6 participants per mobil-home).

All information about the accommodation in Standard or Comfort Mobil-homes can be found at L'été Indien • Camping 4 étoiles à Wimereux • Côte d'Opale (eteindien.eu).

By plane :

• Arrival at Lille Lesquin airport (1h30 from Wimereux by car)
• Arrival at Paris Airport (2h30 from Wimereux by car)
• Arrival at Brussels airport (2h40 from Wimereux by car)

By train :

• Train from Lille to Calais Frethun or Calais Ville (30 minutes)
• Train from Paris to Calais Frethun (2 to 3h)
• Train from Paris to Boulogne sur Mer (2 to 3h)
• Train from Brussels to Calais Frethun (2h to 3h)

The Sediment-Water Interactions Summer School 2025 will organize a shuttle transfer by car from the train station of Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais Frethun (be careful, Calais Frethun is not within walkable distance of Calais Ville or Calais Ferry-Port) to Wimereux on 22^nd of June at specific arrival hours only.