He is co-founder of the “Association of Social Science Research on China” (ASC) and was for quite some years on the Advisory Board of the Europe-China Academic Network (ECAN) of the European Commission.
Er ist Mitbegründer der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Chinaforschung (ASC) und war mehrere Jahre lang Mitglied des Advisory Board des Europe-China Academic Network (ECAN) der Europäischen Kommission.