Sara Elfstrand

Sara Elfstrand is currently the interim director of SwedBio. She has extensive expertise and a deep understanding of SwedBio’s mission and collaborative approach, having been part of the programme in different capacities since 2008.

In her previous role as programme coordinator, she managed overarching programmatic functions, including coordination of planning and reporting. She has served as a programme officer in SwedBio’s theme on Agroecology for Resilient Food Systems, contributing to international policy and practice related to agroecology and farmer seed systems. Over the years, she has also worked on resilience assessments, including through multi‑actor dialogues that promote knowledge exchange on resilience and support the integration of social‑ecological resilience principles and resilience thinking into development and biodiversity planning frameworks.

Sara is an agronomist with a PhD in soil biology and agroecology. Before joining SwedBio, she worked in an interdisciplinary research programme on agroecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, focusing on the effects of green manure use on soil fertility in organic vegetable production.