Memberschips

Member of editorial boards:

Political Leadersthip book series, Palgrave, seit 2017
Comparative Politics book series, Oxford University Press/ECPR, 2011-2019
Zeitschrift für Politikberatung (VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften), since 2008
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften), since 2007
Party Politics (SAGE Publications), since 1995
European Journal of Political Research (Blackwell Publisher), 2003-2012

Member of University Executive Committee

2006-2012: Vice-President of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (responsible for Graduate School and Internationalization)
1996-2000: Vice-president of the University of Lüneburg (responsible for Research/Technology

Member of National and International Organizations

2018-2020: Executive Member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
2016-2018: President of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
2015-2018: Member of the Committee of Experts in the field of economics, law and social sciences, ACQUIN, Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute
2014-2018: Co-chair of the Research Committee of Political Sociology of the Inernational Political Science Association (IPSA-RC06)
2012-2016: Member of the Review Board Political Science "German National Science Foundation" (DFG)
2010-2018: Member of the DAAD advisory board for guest professors at northern American universities
2006-2012: Contact person for the German Research Foundation (DFG) at Leuphana University Lüneburg
1998-2002: Member of the Executive Committee: "Friends of the DAAD"
1997-2000: Contact person for the Fulbright Commission, Bonn/Berlin
1994-2000: Chair of the Stein Rokkan Prize Committee of the UNESCO, Paris
1997-2000: Vice-president and member of the Executive Committee, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Colchester
1994-1997: Member of the Executive Committee, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Colchester
1994-1998: Contact person for the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the University of Lüneburg
1988-1994:Member of the Advisory Council of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), Darmstadt