March 2005 to date

President of the European Research Council, as of March 1st 2010-

Chair of the Programme Committee of ESOF2010 , Euroscience Open Forum, Torino

Member of the Royal Society study The Fruits of Curiosity: science, innovation and future sources of wealth , 2009-

Chair of the Panel to benchmark the quality and impact of UK Sociology against international standards, 2009-

Member of the Jury, Prix Claude Lévi-Strauss, 2009-

Member of the Holberg Prize Academic Committee, 2008-

Member of the Editorial Board of Science and Public Policy, 2008-

Vice-President of the European Research Council, ERC; November 2005, officially appointed February 2007; June 2005 appointed as founding member of the Scientific Council; November 2005 elected as Vice-Chair of the ScC; since February 2007 appointed Vice-Chair of the ERC

President of the Scientific Committee, Fondazione Rosselli , Torino, 2007 -

Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala

Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board University of Vienna , 2005-

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bruno Kreisky Forum, Vienna, 2005- Organizer of the Series "Science in Context"