Memberships and functions
- F2013-2016 President of the German Association for Applied Linguistics (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik - GAL)
- 2016 member of LehreN
- since 2012 member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Media and Interactivity (Zentrum für Medien und Interaktivität - ZMI) at Justus Liebig University, Giessen
- since 2011 member of the Board of Directors and Principal Investigator of the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) at Justus Liebig University, Giessen
- member of the European Society for Translation Studies (EST)
- member of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)
- member of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW)
- member of the Special Interest Group "Writing" of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (SIG Writing)
- member of the Gesellschaft für Schreibdidaktik und Schreibforschung
- member of Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
- member of the Gießener Hochschulgesellschaft: Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
- member of the International Advisory Board of FACHSPRACHE - International Journal of Specialized Communication
- member of the Editorial Board of the international journal TC3 Translation: Computation, Corpora, Cognition
- member of the Board of Reviewers of LSP, Professional Communication, Knowledge Management and Cognition (formerly LSP and Professional Communication)
- member of the external board of HERMES - Journal of Linguistics and Communication Studies
- member of the Editorial Board of mTm: Minor Translating Major - Major Translating Minor - Minor Translating Minor
- member of the Scientific Board of Jezikoslovlje
Before 2012
- 1995-1997 member of the founding committee of the Faculty of Specialized Communication at Magdeburg University of Applied Sciences
- 1997-2003 member of the editing team of the Magazine of Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
- 1998-2003 member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Foreign Languages at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
- 2000-2010 head / deputy head of the section Specialized Communication (Fachkommunikation) of the German Association for Applied Linguistics (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik - GAL)
- 2001-2009 member of the Advisory Board of the international Journal LSP and Professional Communication
- 2009-2011 Editor of FACHSPRACHE - International Journal of Specialized Communication together with Jan Engberg and Nina Janich
- 1997-2012 member of the Adivisory Board of the journal technische Kommunikation
- 2011-2012 Vice-President of the German Association for Applied Linguistics (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik - GAL)