Currently:

Vice President of the Sudanese Writers Union, Sudan

Member of the Executive Committee of Organization for Social Science Research in Member of the Executive Committee of Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA). (22 African countries).

Culture committee of the UNESCO National Committee , Sudan. ( formerly chair) ; now a member of the committee.

Chair of Sudanese Sociological Society .

Member of the Executive Committee of Sudan Folklore Society

Formerly :

Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southetrn Africa ( OSSREA ) Sudan Chapter Liaison Officer ( 2004-2006) .

 

Editorial and Advisory Boards of Journals and Research Institutes::

Sudanese Studies Journal ( Dirasat Sudaniyyia),Institute of African and Asian Studies, U. of Khartoum

Middle East and Africa Journal ( Middle East and African Studies Institute,           Khartoum)

New Ideas ( Afkar Jadida) Journal ( Intellectual Works Corporation, Khartoum)

Contemporary Islam ( al-Islam al-Mua’sir) Journal ( Contemporary Islam Center)

Future Studies ( Dirasat al Mustagbal) Journal ( Center for Future Studies, Khartoum

Member of Sudan Reference Group – a scientific committee to monitor and evaluate some of the projects sponsored by Max Blanck Institute ( Germany ) in the Sudan.

Member of the scientific committees of : Institute of African and Asian Studies, U. of Khartoum;

Member of Middle East and African Studies Centre scientific board,

Member of the scientific board of Islam and the Contemporary World Center, Khartoum; Member of the scientific committee of the Institute of Intellectual Enlightment ( al- Tanweer al Ma’rifi).

Referee and assessor of articles submitted for publication to Sudan Notes and Records Journal and Juba University Journal ; in addition to. Adab Journal (U. of K.) ; OSSREA’s Journal and Research Reports; Sudanese Studies Journal (in Arabic) – Institute of African and Asian Studies., and the above mentioned research institutes.

Jury member of OSSREA ( Organization for social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa) research competitions.

Formerly:

Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southetrn Africa ( OSSREA ) Sudan Chapter Liaison Officer .

Union for African Population Studies.

Member of the editorial board of Abhath Al-Iman journal; published by the international Centre for Faith Research , Khartoum.( 1993-94:)

.Member of Sudanese Studies; and Journal; Afkar Jadida editorial boards .Member of RESAP editorial board ,University of Khartoum (1992-1994.

Member of the Association for the Promotion of the Social Sciences in the Middle East, American University, Cairo.(1976-1979)

Member of the International Sociological Association, U.S.A(1984-1988).

Member of the Arab Sociological Association, Tunis,Tunisia.

Associate of the Traditional Medicine Research Institute, (TMRI), National Council for Research, Khartoum.(1982-1988)

Member of Development as Ideology Programme ( U. of Stockholm- Sweden )..

Chairperson of the Committee for Academic Seminars – Dept. of Social Studies, King Saud University.