Member of the American Education Research Association AERA
2019 - current
Member of the Comparative and International Education Society CIES
2017 - current
Member of the Association of Teacher Educators in Europe ATEE
2017 - 2020
NOW – Member of the international research network on pupils with refugee background (Syria)
2011 - 2014
Standing member of the Austrian network of experts for the EU-Fundamental Rights Agency
2012 - 2014
Member of the EU-Policy Network SIRIUS on Migrant Education DG EAC, EC.
2005 - 2012
Member of the EU Network of Excellence in Research of International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion IMISCOE (DG Research, EC).
National
2019 - current
Member of the research cluster “Cultural Encounters and cultural conflicts” (Forschungsschwerpunkt “Kulturelle Begegnungen und kulturelle Konflikte”), the research center “Migration and Globalisation” and the doctoral college on dynamics of inequality and difference at the University of Innsbruck
2013 - current
ÖFEB – Austrian Association for Research and Development in Education
2002 - current
Austrian Association of Sociology
1998 - current
Austrian Association of Political Science
MEMBERSHIP CIVIL-SOCIETY
2004 - 2010
Board member and representative of the Intercultural Center, Vienna, Austria (2008 – 2010).
1999 - 2002
Board member and representative of the association for cultural and social science research (2000 – 2002) FIKUS
1996 - 2000
Board member of the Institute for Pikler-Hengstenberg Early Childhood Education in Austria.
1996 - 2001
Founding member of the self-governing Housing and Cultural Project “Sargfabrik”/Association for Integrative Living
1996 - 1999
Member of the self-governing primary school “Schulkollektiv” in the Werkstätten-und Kulturhaus, WUK, Vienna
1993 - 1996
Member of the self-governing early childhood education group “Rabennest” within the umbrella organisation of the self-governing early childhood education groups Vienna.
REVIEWER
Research Funding Organisations
European Science Foundation
European Research Council
Jubiläumsfonds der Österreichischen Nationalbank
OeAD Österreichischer Austauschdienst
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung (sowie alle Vorgängervarianten des Wissenschafts- bzw. Bildungsministeriums)
Journals, Books and Publishers
European Journal of Investigation in Psychology, Health and Education
Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability
European Sociological Review
Cornell University Press
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Comparative Migration Studies Social Inclusion (Open Access Journal)
Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft