Joanna Storie is a Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, where she completed her PhD in Landscape Architecture. Her research explores the opportunities and challenges facing rural communities, with particular interests in landscape governance, community participation, and nature-based solutions. Joanna's academic background combines the natural and social sciences. After earning a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacology and Chemistry, she later returned to higher education to complete an MSc in Managing Sustainable Rural Development. Her master's research examined the wild boar conflict in Latvia, where she currently lives with her husband on a small alpaca farm. Her interdisciplinary research has included citizen science and policymaking, the digitalisation of agriculture, permaculture food forests, farmer living labs, and health and wellbeing in Baltic Sea ecosystems. Drawing on experiences across multiple disciplines, she seeks to bridge knowledge domains and foster creative approaches to sustainability challenges.