Since 2006 researcher at SWP, since 2015 Head of SWP’s Global Issues Research Division
2011-2014 »embedded researcher« within the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), migration adviser
1993-2006 German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Managing Editor, Yearbook on International Relations, Head International Migration Program
2004 German Governments Independent Council of Experts on Immigration and Integration
2001 German Federal Government’s Independent Commission on Immigration Reform (Süssmuth-Kommission)
Consultant i.a. with UNICEF, UNHCR, ICRC, IOM, EU Commission, World Bank, Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD), German Marshall Fund/Robert Bosch Foundation Migration Strategy Group; several governments
