boards and committees
- Member of the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal "International Research in Children's Literature". https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/IRCL
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- Member of the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal "Libri & Liberi". http://www.librietliberi.org/dl/L&L_more_about_the_Journal.pdf
- Member of the advisory board of the Child and the Book conference series
- Member of the advisory board of the European Network of Picturebook Research, established in 2007
- Member of the "International Committee", Children's Literature Association of America, 2017-2020
- Member of the expert committee, "Lesestart" (German Bookstart), funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 2012-2015
- Chair of the jury of "Sonderpreis für das Gesamtwerk eines/r kinderliterarischen Übersetzers/Übersetzerin", German Youth Literature Award, 2001/2002
- Member of the jury of "Sonderpreis für das Gesamtwerk eines/r kinderliterarischen Übersetzers/Übersetzerin", German Youth Literature Award, 1999