1999-2011 he was also founder and the First Speaker of the Special Research Programme (SFB) "Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C. — SCIEM 2000" at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Pada tahun 1999-2011 dia juga pendiri dan Pembicara Pertama Program Penelitian Khusus ("Special Research Programme"; SFB) "Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C. — SCIEM 2000" ("Sinkronisasi Peradaban di Mediterania Timur pada Milenium Kedua SM — SCIEM 2000") di Austrian Academy of Sciences.