Selection as member of Scientific Advisory Council for the Region Southeast Asia and as regular peer of the German Journal on Contemporary Asia (ASIEN) by the Board of Directors of the German Association for Asian Studies (DGA), 2011-2016
Member of the Geographical Society of Hamburg (GGH), since 2013
DGA, German Association for Asian Studies, since 2005
Member of the Alumni Association of Goettingen University, since 2009