Member of the Board of the Institute of Education (1997-2008), Institute Director (2014/15) and member of several Committees at Ludwigsburg University of Education
Initiator of the „Interdisciplinary Center for Media Education and Media Research“ (IZMM) at the Ludwigsburg University of Education (1998)
Chairperson of the Section Media Education within the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (2007-2012)
Deputy Member of „Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz” (KJM; 2005-2012); central supervisory authority for the protection of young people in private nationwide television and in the Internet
Member of the Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK); honorary member of GMK
Member of JFF — Institute for Media Education in Research and Practice (München)
Member of the Advisory Board for Monitoring the Education Plan Reform [Bildungsplanreform] 2016, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, State of Baden-Württemberg (2012-2016)
Member of the expert group „Digital and Media Competences“ within the framework of the „Dialogue on Germany’s Future“, conducted by the Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel (2011-12); documentation (part on media literacy, pp. 166-173)
Member of the Expert Commission on Media Education of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); documentation (2010)
Member of several advisory committees in the field of media research (national and international research projects)
