Executive functions
2011 - 2015
Member advisory board UvT Sociëteit
2011 - 2012
Chairman NVAO visitation committee IUR
Since 2010
Member of the board of the Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies (NISIS)
2010 - 2016
Member of the School Board of NOSTER
2008 - 2010
Head of the Department Religious Studies of the Faculty of Humanities, Tilburg University
2003 - 2010
Member academic advisory board Centrum IMNO
2003 - 2010
Member of the board of the Centre for Intercultural Ethics of the department Religious Studies and Theology of the Faculty of Humanities, Tilburg University
1999 - 2010
Member of the International Committee Centre for Islam in Europe Gent, Belgium
1994 - 2010
Member academic advisory board of the special chair Intercultural Communication, Tilburg University
2003 - 2007
Chairman of the board of the Centre for Intercultural Ethics, Tilburg University
1997 - 2006
Chairman of the Committee for Wetenschapsbeoefening (CWB), Tilburg University
1998 - 2006
Prodecaan Research, Tilburg University
2000 - 2006
Member of the 'Instellingsraad' of NOSTER
1997 - 2005
Member of the steering committee KNAW-programme ‘Dissemination of Muslim Authority in Indonesia’
1999 - 2004
Member of the South-Africa committee, Tilburg University
2003
Advisor and expert of the visitation committee teacher education 'Godsdienst/levensbeschouwing en Godsdienst en Pastoraal Werk', resulting in the report 'Samen Scholen. Eindrapport van de visitatiecommissie tweedegraads lerarenopleiding. Deel A: Algemene deel. Deel B: Specifieke delen'. Den Haag 2004
1996 - 2002
Chairman Nederlands Genootschap voor Godsdienstwetenschap
1996 - 2002
Member of the International Committee of the International Association for the History of Religions