The Board

I’m on the board of the foundation because I believe it gives great value to the students to have access to affordable books on their universities. This helps limit the user charge for students and thereby better the opportunities for equal access to the universities. At the same time, through the SL Fond I can ensure the supporting of activities run by students, which helps ensure a good student environment.

A skilled publishing house and excellent book stores are important contributions to the academic quality of the scientific work and the educational institutions. The help create strong environments around campus, in which the students and the employees thrive. Both in its every day activity and through financial distribution for student purposes, the SL Fond helps create a stronger environment surrounding the university campuses. That’s why I want to contribute alongside students, employees, and the remaining board.

It’s extremely rewarding to be on the board of the SL Fond. First of all, the foundation has an idealistic purpose – and I find it motivating to work for the students rather than for a group of shareholders. Secondly, through the years I’ve been on the board, I’ve gotten to work with some impressively skilled students, who have all contributed to the development of the SL Fond’s activities.

I participate in the board’s work to ensure the quality of the foundation’s strategic decisions. Here I get to draw on the insights into the world of the universities that I’ve gained through my work as a professor and a student counsellor.

I am a board member of SL Fonden because we participate in creating the best possible foundation for education at the Universities in the country. It is a foundation which is, and should be, built on low-priced and relevant literature as well as support for non-profit purposes. This is important, as the literature plays a central role in the students’ development, while the non-profit projects contribute to creating an environment in which each student experiences a personal development.

Academic Books and Samfundslitteratur is a bookstore and publisher respectively, who works for the benefit of students. As the student representative on the board of SL-fonden, I help to ensure that the interests of the students are considered and involved as best as possible. The publishing industry and book industry alike, are facing new and demanding challenges these years and, therefore, my ambition for the work of the board is to ensure that the students' point of view is incorporated in new solutions so that the development becomes complementary to the study experience. This way, we ensure that the solutions are durable and beneficial for all.

I am a member of the board in order to contribute my knowledge to the great project that is SL Fonden. We are a strong fund because we have stores as well as a publishing house – I would like to work towards having these synergies made visible and utilized where possible. It is important for me that we strengthen the focus on including the students at Samfundslitteratur, so we can keep developing the concept of the good textbook. I work at Academic Books myself and can therefore contribute with the daily experiences I have with both the stores and the students.

I am associated with several boards, where the primary goal is to keep the wheels running and help establish as well as further develop a healthy organization. Furthermore, I believe that stepping in where necessary is a natural part of being invested in your workplace. A strong point in relation to the board is also being present where the action is.

It’s extremely exciting to gain insight in the company that I’m a part of both on a strategic and a visionary level. On a daily basis, I work in depth with the running of the company, so it’s easy to forget that I’m also part of a foundation with a charitable purpose. In my time on the board, I want to help examine ways for us to be of even more help to the students to support our fundamental purpose. And as employee representative I also want to emphasize the importance of an employee perspective to the rest of the board in order to increase the mutual understanding between the parties.