He participated in the academic self-administration and scientific organization as Dean and Vice Dean of the Department of Classical Philology and Art Studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt (1988-1991), the Department of Classical Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin (1995-1999), the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" in Bonn (1992-2000), the Austrian Science Fund in Vienna (1993-2004), and the Chair of the Senate Commission for Research and Young Academics at the Freie Universität Berlin (1997-1999).