Jessica Cockburn supports the work of the Tsitsa Project through her work in the Knowledge and Learning Community of Practice. Her research is located at the nexus of landscapes, linkages and learning. Rural, multifunctional landscapes are characterized by a diversity of resources, land uses and values. Multiple actors or stakeholders have an interest in the landscape, and a responsibility for stewarding the landscape. Therefore, sustainable and equitable management of these landscapes requires collaboration and social learning among these diverse actors. The involvement of researchers in landscape initiatives requires engaged forms of research that recognise the value of different forms of knowledge such as local, indigenous, experiential and scientific knowledge, i.e. transdisciplinarity. In the Tsitsa Project, Jessica is particularly focused on researching and supporting collaboration, learning and reflection processes among all the different stakeholders. She is also interested in aspects related to multiple knowledge forms, governance, sustainable livelihoods and integrated landscape management.