| since 2015 |   Head of the Task Force „Refugees“, Georg-August-University Göttingen | 
| 2007 – 2009 |   Member of the Senate, Georg-August-University Göttingen  | 
| 2007 – 2009 |   Member of the working group „Reorientation of European Linguistics at the Faculty of Humanities, Georg-August-University Göttingen“ appointed by the Presidential Board | 
 
| 2007 – 2008 |   Member of the working group „Internationalization“ appointed by the Presidential Board in the context of the Excellence Initiative, Georg-August-University Göttingen | 
| 2004 - 2009 |   China Representative of the University, Georg-August-University Göttingen |