Preparation of a study and recommendations for action to mark the 100th meeting of the Conference of European Affairs Ministers (EMK), chaired by Baden-Württemberg on 30 April 2026.

Supported by/on behalf of: Department for European Policy and Policy Issues, Committee of the Regions at the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg
Duration: February 2025 until March 2026

Full study and EMK resolution

Lecture series on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the ECRF

Supported by: University of Tübingen
Duration: October 2018 until January 2019

Lecture series on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the ECRF.

Supported by: University of Tübingen
Duration: October 2013 until February 2014

Preparation of an expert report on "complex border regions"

On behalf of: Government of the German-speaking community of Belgium (represented by Mr. Karl-Heinz Lambertz, Prime Minister)
Duration: May 2006 until August 2006

Organisation of a roundtable in Tübingen on 12 May 2006 and writing of a book chapter and a booklet article on the "Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Influence of the Federal Structure on it" for an international conference volume and a booklet on the foreign relations of federal states.

Duration: May 2006 until October 2007

Preparation of a legal opinion on the "Dictamen Tecnico sobre la Propuesta de Santa Cruz".

Supported by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
Duration: August 2005 until September 2005

Support for a film project on "federalism" for Iraqi Kurdish television.

Duration: March 2005 until August 2005

Preparation of a country report on Germany.

Supported by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Duration: 1. April 2004 until February 2006

Lecture series "European Federalism in the 21st century".

Supported by: University of Tübingen; European Commission
Duration: 8 May 2001 until 1 July 2001

Preparation of a study on "Fields of Mandatory Consultation of the Committee of the Regions and their Correlation at Local and Regional Level" on behalf of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR).

Supported by: European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
Duration: 1 January 2000 until 31 March 2001

Preparation of a report/reference document on "Research Institutions for Regional and Federal Studies in Europe" on behalf of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (Chamber of Regions) of the Council of Europe.

Supported by: Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Duration: 27 November 1998 until 31 December 1999

Preparation of a study on "The Europe of the Regions: Strategies and Perspectives in View of the Forthcoming Enlargement of the European Union" on behalf of the European Commitee of the Regions (CoR).

Supported by: European Commitee of the Regions (CoR)
Duration: 1 December 1998 until 30 November 1999

Preparation of a study on "The Fields of Mandatory Consultation of the Committee of the Regions after Amsterdam and their Correlation at Local and Regional Level" on behalf of the European Committee of the Regions.

Supported by: European Committee of the Regions
Duration: 1 October 1998 until 30 September 1999

Programme "Research and training networks in European federalism and regionalism research"

Supported by: European Commission, DG XXII
Duration: 5 November 1998 until 5 October 1999