Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

Cockburn, J., M. Schoon, G. Cundill, C. Robinson, J. A. Aburto, S. M. Alexander, J. A. Baggio, C. Barnaud, M. Chapman, M. Garcia Llorente, G. A. García-López, R. Hill, C. Ifejika Speranza, J. Lee, C. L. Meek, E. Rosenberg, L. Schultz and G. Thondhlana. 2020. Understanding the context of multifaceted collaborations for social-ecological sustainability: a methodology for cross-case analysis. Ecology and Society 25 (3):7.

Cockburn, J., Rosenberg, E., Copteros, A., Cornelius, S.F.A., Libala, N., Metcalfe, L. and van der Waal, B. 2020. A Relational Approach to Landscape Stewardship: Towards a New Perspective for Multi-Actor Collaboration. Land 9(7): 224.

Fazey, I., Schäpke, N., Caniglia, G., Hodgson, A., Kendrick, I., Lyon, C., Page, G., Patterson, J., Riedy, C., Strasser, T. and Verveen, S., ... Cockburn, J. … et al. 2020. Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there. Energy Research & Social Science 70: 101724.

Cockburn, J., G. Cundill, G., Shackleton, S., Rouget, M., Zwinkels, M., Cornelius, S, Metcalfe, L. and Van den Broeck, D. 2019. Collaborative stewardship in multifunctional landscapes: toward relational, pluralistic approaches. Ecology and Society 24 (4):32. [online] URL: https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss4/art32/

Cockburn, J., Cundill, G., Shackleton, S., Rouget, M., Wright, D. R., Koopman, V., Cornelius, S. F. A., Zwinkels, M., McLeod, N., Van den Broeck, D., le Roux, J.-P., Cele, A., & Schroder, S. (2019). Relational hubs for collaborative landscape stewardship. Society & Natural Resources: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1658141

Wolff, M. G., J. J. Cockburn, C. De Wet, J. Carlos Bezerra, M. J. T. Weaver, A. Finca, A. De Vos, M. M. Ralekhetla, N. Libala, Q. B. Mkabile, O. Nelson Odume and C. G. Palmer. 2019. Exploring and expanding transdisciplinary research for sustainable and just natural resource management. Ecology and Society 24 (4):14. [online] URL: https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss4/art14/

Holden, P., Cockburn, J., Rosenberg, E. & Shackleton, S. 2019. Supporting and developing competencies for transdisciplinary sustainability research: A PhD scholar perspective. In: Kremers, K.L., Liepins, A. S., & York, A. M. Developing Change Agents: Innovative Practices for Sustainability Leadership. (Book chapter). Available online: https://open.lib.umn.edu/changeagents/chapter/supporting-and-developing-competencies/

Cockburn, J., Cundill, G., Shackleton, S., & Rouget, M. 2019. The meaning and practice of stewardship in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 115(5/6): Art. #5339. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2019/533

Cockburn, J., Palmer, C.G, Biggs, H. & Rosenberg, E. 2018. Navigating multiple tensions for engaged praxis in a complex social-ecological system. Land 7(4): 129. Available online here.

Cockburn, J., Cundill, G., Shackleton, C., & Rouget, M. 2018. Towards place-based research to support social-ecological stewardship. Sustainability 10(5): 14-34. Available online here.

Cockburn, J., and G. Cundill, 2018. Ethics in Transdisciplinary Research: Reflections on the Implications of ‘Science with Society’, In: Macleod, C., Marx, J., Mnyaka, P., Treharne, G. (Eds.) Handbook of Ethics in Critical Research: Stories from the Field. Palgrave Macmillan, London, United Kingdom, pp. 81-97. Available online here.

Cockburn, J., Koopman, V., Pereira, L & Van Niekerk, J. 2018. Institutional bricolage to address sustainability challenges in the South African sugarcane industry: a case study of the SUSFARMS® initiative in the Midlands area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In: Pereira, L.M., McElroy, C., Girard, A., & Littaye, A. (Eds.) Food, Energy, and Water Sustainability: Governance Strategies for Public and Private Sectors. Earthscan: Routledge, London, pp. 133-151.

Taylor, C., Cockburn, J., Rouget, M., Ray-Mukherjee, J., Mukherjee, S., Slotow, R., Roberts, D., Boon, R., O’Donoghue, S., Douwes, E. 2016. Evaluating the outcomes and processes of a research-action partnership: The need for continuous reflective evaluation. Bothalia 46: 46(2): a2154. Available online here.

Boon, R., Cockburn, J., Douwes, E., Govender, N., Ground, L., Mclean, C., Roberts, D., Rouget, M. & Slotow, R., 2016, ‘Managing a threatened savanna ecosystem (KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld) in an urban biodiversity hotspot: Durban, South Africa’. Bothalia 46(2): a2112. Available online here.

Cockburn, J., M. Rouget, R. Slotow, D. Roberts, R. Boon, E. Douwes, S. O’Donoghue, C. T. Downs, S. Mukherjee, W. Musakwa, O. Mutanga, T. Mwabvu, J. Odindi, A. Odindo, Ş. Procheş, S. Ramdhani, J. Ray-Mukherjee, Sershen, M. C. Schoeman, A. J. Smit, E. Wale, and S. Willows-Munro. 2016. How to build science-action partnerships for local land-use planning and management: lessons from Durban, South Africa. Ecology and Society 21(1): 28. Available online here.

Cockburn J.J., Coetzee, H.C., Van den Berg, J. & Conlong, D.E. 2014. Large-scale sugarcane farmers’ knowledge and perceptions of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), push-pull and integrated pest management. Crop Protection 56: 1-9. Available online here.

Cockburn, J.J, Khumalo-Seegelken, B., and Villet, M.H. 2014 IziNambuzane: IsiZulu names for insects. South African Journal of Science 110: #2013-0292. Available online here.

Cockburn J., Coetzee, H., Van den Berg, J., Conlong, D.E. & Witthöft, J. 2014. Exploring the role of sugarcane in small-scale farmers’ livelihoods in the Noodsberg area, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension 42: 80–97. Available online here.