October 2020+, member, PAWS-net
October 2019-24, Senior Member, Graduate School of the Humanities, Gottingen University, Germany
June 2019 Invited to the board of India’s Council for Social Development journal Social Change
July 2016 - 2022: External Member, Programme Advisory and Review Committee, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University
Sep 2015-21 French Government nominated ‘high level’ member of the International College of the Conseil National du Développement et de la Solidarité Internationale (CNDSI) (representing Europe and with interest in Asian matters). From 2019 also nominated to the Research College of CNDSI).
2013-17 Member, British Council Steering Group for the Young Researcher Links Programme.
2011-20 Membre, Comité d'Orientation Stratégique de l'IEDES (Paris-1, Sorbonne)
2010-16 Member: Research Advisory Group to Chief Scientific Adviser, DFID (Prof Chris Whitty). (Informal Research Advisory Group established in 2010 and formalised by UK Government in 2013)
2010 Deputy Chair, ESRC-DFID Research Commissioning Panel
2008-2011 Co-opted Council Member, British Association of South Asian Studies; co-convenor of the study group on science and politics of climate change in S. Asia
2008-13 Crown-nominated member of the Board of Governors: School of Oriental and African Studies, London University (2 terms).
2009 Member, HEFCE Expert Advisory Group, Research Excellence Framework 2013
2004 – 08 Chair, UK, HEFCE Research Assessment Exercise SubPanel 43 Development Studies (Founding SubPanel)
2007+ Member of the Board of Scientific Advisers, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany;
2006-12 IFPRI nominated Trustee of IFPRI, Washington. Active work on food and nutrition, environment and climate change, biofuels, CGIAR reform, intellectual property control; Nominations Committee, Program Committee
2006 - 13 Invited Member, British Academy South Asia Panel