Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC): member of Peer Review College 2004-08

Research Assessment Exercise (RAE): member of the sub-panel for European Studies in the 2001 exercise; external advisor for submissions in European Studies or German for the 2008 exercise at Bangor, Leeds and Southampton

Standing Committee of Heads of European Studies: executive member 2000-03

Centre for East German Studies, University of Reading: member of advisory board 2007-present

Assessor of new book proposals: Berg, Berghahn

Assessor of grant proposals: British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences

External Assessor for Academic Promotions: Universities of Cardiff, Indiana, Leeds, Limerick, Nottingham, Oxford, Southampton Institute and Warwick

External Examiner for taught undergraduate/Masters programmes: Universities of Sussex (1985-88), Portsmouth (1985-90), Salford (1987-91), Birmingham (1989-92), Oxford Brookes (1990-94), Sheffield (1992-96), Reading (1992-96), Cardiff (1996-99), Ulster (1997-2001), Galway (2001-05), Birmingham (2003-07), Warwick (2003-07)

External Examiner for research theses: Universities of Edinburgh (1994), Sheffield (1998), Swansea (1999), Nottingham (2000 and 2008), King’s College London (2001), Cardiff (2002), Bristol (2003), Lancaster (2003), Oxford Brookes (2004), University College Dublin (2004), Manchester (2005), Galway (2006), Humboldt Berlin (2008)

External Assessor for periodic review of degree programmes/ validation of new programmes: Universities of Cardiff (1995 and 2000), Reading (1996), Surrey (1999), Ulster (forthcoming 2010)