He has participated in many EU-funded initiatives (Emilie, ACCEPT PLURALISM) as well as Scandinavian (ACT, GovCit) and Danish projects on immigrant integration and various aspects of citizenship. He directs the Danish-Swedish Rockwool Foundation project ASSISI on the impact of school governance of diversity on the civic integration and educational attainment of young second-generation immigrants. He has also consulted for Norwegian and Danish ministries and various nongovernmental organizations, and was founding Director of the Center for Journalism Studies at Aarhus University.