| 1986 | Fulbright Scholarship for Latin American-Studies in New Orleans, USA |
| 1988 | Awarded for information on Third World Issues by the Austrian Conference of Catholic Bishops |
| Post-Doc-Scholarship for Advanced Research in South- and Central America |
| 1989-1991 | President of the Austrian Section of Amnesty International |
| 1990-1992 | Research Project of the Austrian Foundation for the Advancement of Scientific Research in Guatemala and Mexico |
| | Since 1991 Member of the Consultative Council of the Austrian Service for Information on Development Politics ÖIE |
| | Since 1992 Member of the International Political Sciences Association IPSA |
| | Since 1992 Member of the Austrian Political Sciences Association ÖGPW |
| 1993 | Consultant of the Austrian North-South-Institute in Guatemala |
| Consultant of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guatemala |
| 1993-2010 | Member of the Board of the Austrian Association for Latin American Studies |
| 1994-1997 | Austrian Program for Advanced Research and Technology APART, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Central America, Caribbean, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia) |
| 1995-1998 | President of the Austrian Association for Latin American Studies |
| 1995-2007 | Academic Director of the Austrian Institute for Latin America |
| 1996 | Consultant of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Eastern Africa |
| 1998-2002 | Vice-President of the Austrian Association for Latin American Studies |
| | Since 1999 Founding Member of the International Advisory Board of the South Asian Institute for Peace Studies SAIPS, Nepal |
| 1999-2001 | Director of the International and Interdisciplinary Project "Networking Central-Eastern Europe and Latin America" |
| Academic Coordinator of the Festival "Feuerberge Tirol" |
| | Since 2000 Member of the Thematic Network on Humanitarian Development Studies, University of Deusto, Spain |
| 2001-2009 | Member of the Board of Directors of the Austrian Institute for Latin America |
| | Since 2001 Academic Director of the MA Program for Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2002-2005 | Member of the Academic Board "Latin American Studies" Danube's University Krems, Austria |
| Austrian Representative to the Comisión Directiva del Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina (Member of UNESCO) |
| 2002-2010 | Board of Directors of the Austrian Association for Latin American Studies |
| | Since 2002 Member of TRANSCEND: A Peace and Development Network for Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means |
| 2004-2006 | Austrian coordinator of the ERASMUS project Comunicación Intercultural en las Relaciones Económicas Internacionales Estudios Ibéricos y Latinoamericanos |
| Academic coordinator of REAL 2006 in the frame of the Austrian presidency of the EU |
| 2005-2006 | Austrian coordinator of the ALFA Project AMELAT XXI |
| | Since 2006 Member of the Advisory Council of the Galizan Institute for International Security and Peace Studies (IGESIP) |
| | Since 2007 Member of the International Advisory Council of the Project Paz y Conflictos en las Universidades Andaluzas e Iberoamericanas, University of Granada, Spain |
| | Since 2008 UNESCO Chairholder for Peace Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| | Since 2008 Member of the Austrian UNESCO Commission |
| | Since 2011 Member of the Acadamic Advisory Board for Peace Research and Peace Education at the University of Klagenfurt |
| | Since 2013 Mentor and Advisory Board of Olympism4Humanity |
