Selected assignments

Vice chairman, National Council for Media Studies (2009-13)
Elected representative of Media and Communication Studies in Advisory Council, Institute of Journalism and Media Studies (2012-)
Member of organization committee for NordMedia2013
Co-chair of joint working groups for media and press issues in human rights dialogues with China and Vietnam (2010-)
Editorial board, Journal of Media Studies (ISSN 1812-7592) (Pakistan) (2010-)
Editorial board, Intercultural Communication Studies (ISSN 1057-7769) (USA) (2008-)
External examiner (BA and MA level) at several Norwegian universities
External evaluator (PhD level) in Mass Communication, University of the Punjab, Lahore
Advisory board member, IAICS - International Ass. for Intercultural Studies
Evaluator, FP7-SSH, European Commission, DG Research (2007-09)
Evaluator, FP6 Ethical Review Panel, European Commission, DG Research (2005-06)
Faculty R&D co-ordinator (2001-11) and International co-ordinator (2004-09)
Peer reviewer for several international scientific journals