Scientific and Professional Memberships
| since 2019 | German Alliance for Global Health Research |
| since 2018 | Network Women in Global Health |
| since 2016 | Network of Diversity Researchers in German-speaking Countries |
| since 2014 | Network “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion” International |
| since 2002 | Netzwerk Behinderung und Dritte Welt [Disability and Third World Network] |
| since 2001 | International Society for Quality of Life Research |
| since 2001 | Inclusion Europe ["Menschen mit umfassendem Unterstützungsbedarf"] working group) |
| since 2000 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rehabilitationswissenschaften e.V. (DGRW) [German Society for Rehabilitation Sciences] |
| since 1999 | American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) |
| 1998-2015 | Deutsche interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung e.V. (DiFGB) [German interdisciplinary society for the promotion of research for people with intellectual disabilities] |
| 1998-2004 | Chairperson of the National Association "Lebenshilfe" e.V. |
| 1995-2018 | Founding and board member of the "Institut für Rehabilitationsforschung, Qualitätsentwicklung und Strukturanalyse" [Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Quality Development and Structural Analysis] e.V. (REQUEST), Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen |
| since 1989 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) [German Society for Sociology ] |
| 1985-1996 | Founding member of the "Zentrum zur interdisziplinären Erforschung der Lebenswelten behinderter Menschen", [Centre for interdisciplinary research into the living environments of disabled people] Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |