Exploring the interdisciplinary potential of the Agenda2030—Interactions between five Danish societal demands for sustainable land use

•We explore explore the Agenda2030 potential for interdisciplinary research.•We apply the SDG, their targets and four basic principle of the Agenda2030 to a national context.•We find that localised and contextualised SDG frameworks contains a great potential as a planning and policy tool/instrument.•We argue that localised and contextualised SDG frameworks should be solid anchored in evidence-based knowledge.•We conclude that the Agenda2030 may facilitate interdisciplinary research on sustainable land use.