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• 1970-1974 Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Vienna: Higher Education Reform and European Relations (EUDISED-Europarat, IMTEC-OECD)
• 1974 Professor for university didactics, University of Osnabrück
• 1983-85 Research stay in the USA
• 1986-1998 President of the University of Oldenburg (2 terms of office)
• 1998-1999, 2003-2008 Professor of Sociology and Jewish Studies, University of Oldenburg
• 2000-2002 Principal International Officer, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Provisional Self-Government, Kosovo (before March 2002: Head of the corresponding Department). February to April 2000: International Director of the University of Pristina. From May 2002: Special Counsellor to the UNMIK Office, Belgrade
• 2002-2003 Advisor to the Austrian Federal Government (BMBWK): Soft Sector Policy in South Eastern Europe
• 2003-2006 Teaching at the postgraduate degree programme Balkan Studies of the IDM in Vienna 2004 Resumption of teaching activities in Oldenburg
• From 2003 consultant to the Afghan Ministry of Science and from 2005 further consulting and research activities in Afghanistan
• 2004-2006 Advisor to the Austrian Federal Government for the EU Presidency in the field of science, specialising in SEE
• 2005-2006 additional teaching at the University of Vienna, from 2007 at the Free University of Berlin
• 2006 Spokesperson for the Intervention Culture Centre Oldenburg, Marburg, Potsdam
• 2007-2009 President of the Collegium of the Magna Charta Observatory, Bologna
• 2008/9 - Visiting researcher at the SFB 700 of the FU Berlin (Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood).
• 2009 - 2018 Senior Fellow Berghof Conflict Research
• 2010 - 2017 Subproject leader C 9 at the SFB 700 Afghanistan
• 2010 - 2012 Project leader "Recognising Conflicts - Seizing Development Opportunities" (VW Foundation), Berlin
• 2011 March: Retirement as civil servant at the University of Oldenburg; from June 2011 employee of the Free University of Berlin
• 2012: Project leader of a report on the higher education landscape in Afghanistan, Federal Foreign Office
• 2015-2016 Senior Political Advisor: Governance for Afghanistan (GIZ/GOPA)
• 2015-2018 Project leader with J. Koehler "Institution Centered Conflict Studies" (VW Foundation)
• Project leader: Mapping and Expertise Afghan Diaspora in Germany Prepare Protect Promote. GIZ/PME. By Daylight Consultants. (Nov. 2016-February 2017)
• Project leader: Afghan Diaspora in Germany. Federal Foreign Office Ref. S03-440.00-P-25/17 (June 2017-December 2017). In co-operation with SFB 700/C9 by Daylight Consultants.
• Project leader: Afghan Diaspora in four countries: Australia, USA, Canada, The Netherlands. IOM Kabul. 2018-2019 by Daylight Consultants.
• Scientific support for retirement living. Project Living in old age. together with Hannes Heissl. Commissioned by the Lower Austrian government. 2021-22
• Scientific support for start-up training. Together with Hannes Heissl, project of the Austrian Trade Association. 2021