From 1988 to 1995, he was co-chair of the Subcommittee on Southern Europe of the Social Science Research Council, New York, whose activities are funded by a grant from the Volkswagen Foundation.
Ó 1988 go dt� 1995, bhí sé ina chomhchathaoirleach ar an bhFochoiste um Dheisceart na hEorpa den Chomhairle um Thaighde sna hEolaíochtaí Sóisialta i Nua-Eabhrac, a maoinítear a gníomhaíochtaí le deontas ón Fhondúireacht Volkswagen.