| 2008 |
UNESCO Chairholder for Peace Studies at the University of Innsbruck/Austria |
| 1994 - 1997 |
Austrian Program for Advanced Research and Technology APART, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Central America, Caribbean, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia) |
| 1996 |
Consultant of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Eastern Africa |
| 1993 |
Consultant of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guatemala |
| 1993 |
Consultant of the Austrian North-South-Institute in Guatemala |
| 1990 - 1992 |
Research Project of the Austrian Foundation for the Advancement of Scientific Research in Guatemala and Mexico |
| 1988 |
Post-Doc-Scholarship for Advanced Research in South- and Central America |
| 1988 |
Awarded for information on Third World Issues by the Austrian Conference of Catholic Bishops |
| 1986 |
Fulbright Scholarship for Latin American-Studies in New Orleans, USA |