Professional involvement, memberships

1969 - 1970Secretary, Research Planning Commission, Max-Planck-Institute for Educational Research, Berlin, Germany
1975 - presentMember of the Research Council, German Association for Asian Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde)
1991 - 2000Chairman Research Council Japan-Korea, German Association for Asian Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde)
1976Fulbright Fellowship for Study Visits of Educational Experts to the U.S.: study on admission to higher education in the U.S.A., commissioned by the International Council for Educational Development
1977 - 1985Member of various advisory committees of the Education and Science Union (Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft)
1979 - 1981Member, Commission on Teaching in Higher Education, German Research Association (Senatskommission für Hochschuldidaktik der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft)
1980 - 1984Chairman, Working Group on Higher Education, Section of Sociology of Education, German Sociological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie)
1980 - 1993Member, Selection Commission, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
1981 - 1985Member of the Advisory Board for Higher Education of the State of Bremen (Hochschulbeirat Bremen)
1982 - 1984Consultant, Regional Institute for Higher Education and  Development, Singapore
1982 - 1990Member of the Board, European Institute of Education and Social
Policy, Paris,
1983 - 1991Member of Advisory Board, Hochschulausbildung (Journal)
1984 - 1987Member of Advisory Board, American Journal of Education
1984 - 1989Coordinator, German-French Commission for the Promotion of
Research on Higher Education
1984 - 1992Foreign Research Fellow, Center for European Studies, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
1984 - 1993Member of the Board, Education Centre, German Adult Education
Society (Pädagogische Arbeitsstelle des Deutschen Volkshoch-
schulverbandes)
1986 - presentVice-president, Society for Research into Higher Education 
(United Kingdom)
1988 - 1996Member of Advisory Board, Educational Policy
1988 - 1997Member of Board, Association of Social Science-Oriented Japanese Studies (Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung)
1988 - 1994Chairman, Association of Social Science-Oriented Japanese Studies
(Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung)
1988 - 1998Member of the Steering Group, Consortium of Higher Education
Researchers (CHER)
1988 - 1989Secretary, Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER)
1992 - 1998Chairman, Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER)
1989 - 1990OECD Reviewer of Education Policy in the Netherlands
1989Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Higher Education,
University of California, Berkeley
1989 - presentMember of Advisory Board, Studies in Higher Education
1990 - 1993Member of Steering Committee, CRE-Columbus Project (of Latin
American and European universities)
1990 - presentCo-Editor, Higher Education
1990 - 1993Member of the Advisory Council, Nucleo de Pesquisas sobre 
Ensine Superior, Universidade de Sao Paulo
1990 - 1991Member, Berlin Science Commission (Berliner Wissenschafts-
kommission)
1991 - 1992Member, State Higher Education Commission of Sachsen-Anhalt
(Landeshochschulstrukturkommission Sachsen-Anhalt)
1991 - 1996Member of the Advisory Board, Research Group on Higher 
Education, Berlin-Karlshorst (Projektgruppe Hochschulforschung)
1991 - 2000Member of Editorial Board, Asien
1991 - presentMember of Editorial Board, Das Hochschulwesen
1991 - 2000Member of Editorial Board, European Journal of Education
1992 - 1997, 2000Chairman of Editorial Board, European Journal of Education
1997 - 1999Co-editor, European Journal of Education
1991 - 2000Coordinator of the research consortium "Relationships between
Education and Employment Systems in Japan from a Comparative Perspective"
1992OECD Reviewer of Educational Policy in Sweden
1992 - presentHonorary Member, Academy of Humanities and Sciences
of the City University of New York, U.S.
1992 - 1995Member, State Adult Education Commission, Bremen
(Strukturkommission Weiterbildung des Senats der Freien
Hansestadt Bremen)
1992 - presentMember, Academia Europaea
1996 - 1996Member of the Education Committee of the Academia Europaea
1993 - 1996Associate Member, International Academy of Education
1997 - presentMember, International Academy of Education
1998 - presentMember of the Board, International Academy of Education
1993 - present Regular Member, International Higher Education Academy of Sciences, Moscow
1994OECD Reviewer of Educational Policy in Finland
1995 - presentMember of the Board of Advisors, South African Journal of Higher Education
1995 - presentMember of the Editorial Board, Tertiary Education and Management
1995 - 2006Consultant, Association of African Universities
1997 - 1998Honorary guest, National Institute for Educational Research, Tokyo, Japan
1997 - presentMember of the Advisory Board, Journal of Studies in International Education
1997 - presentPresident, EAIR
1998 - 2001Coordinator of the research consortium "Higher Education and Graduate 
Employment in Europe"