Lena has a background in agricultural sciences with a major in Economics from the University of Bonn, Germany and in Sustainable Food Systems from SLU. She was working for two years at the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food in Germany before she started her PhD. She is part of Sparbanken Skåne Centre for sustainable enterprising (SSCEN), the Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), the Nordic Research School in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NORSI) and LiFT (Future Technologies for Food Production) graduate school. Her research focuses on transformative innovation in the agrifood system to enable upscaling of sustainable farming enterprises.