Member of the Editorial Committee of The China Quarterly(until end of 2021);

Member of the Editorial Committee of the European Journal of East Asian Studies;

Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Political Science & Diplomacy;

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of China in Comparative Perspective, London School of Economics;

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Chinese Governance;

Member of the Editorial Board of the Chinese Political Science Review (CPSR);

Member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the China in Comparative Perspective Network Global;

Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs;

Member of the Academic Committee of the journal International Quarterly for Asian Studies;

Member of the Editorial Committee of the journal 国外理论动态 (Foreign Theoretical Trend);

Member of the Board, Institute of Environment and Energy Policies at Zhejiang University;

Founding Member of the Association of Social Science Research on China;

Co-Editor of the book series East Asia in the 21st Century. Social Science Research on East Asia;

Member of the International Editorial Committee, book series China’s Ethnic Minorities;

Member of the Academic Advisory Council, Institute of European Studies, Nankai University, Tianjin;

Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Cologne Forum of International Relations and Security Policies;

Co-editor of the book series Ostasien-Pazifik. Trierer Studien zu Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Kultur (LIT Verlag);

Co-editor of the book series Schriftreihe zur Ostasienforschung (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft);

Permanent Visiting Professor, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou;

Permanent Visiting Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin;

Permanent Visiting Professor, Renmin University of China, Beijing;

Member of the Advisory Board, Association for German Studies, Qingdao;

Chairman of the Advisory Board, Yiyuan Foundation of Care and Education.