Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Since 03/2016 Chairman of the Executive Board, German Foundation for Peace Research
04/2015-03/2016 Dean, School of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück
04/2013-03/2015 Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück
Since 2012 Director, Centre for Democracy and Peace Research, University of Osnabrück
2011 - 2014 Member of the Research Advisory Board, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Since 09/2009 Professor of International Relations & Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Osnabrück
2006 - 2009 Head of Research Group »Global Issues«, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
2002 - 2006 Researcher, Research Group »Global Issues«,Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
2005 Peter-Becker-Price for Peace and Conflict Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg
2003 Award for the Best Dissertation of the German Association for Political Science
2003 Christiane-Rajewski-Price of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies
1996 - 2002 Researcher at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS), University of Bremen
Dilemmas, Strategies and Challenges for German Foreign Policy
Tasks, Mandate, and Design for a New Institution
Prospects and Requirements for Germany
Perspectives on Success and Failure in Europe, Asia, and Africa
Test Case Macedonia
Lessons from Successes and Failures in Ethnic Conflict Regulation