In September 1974, she was one of the founding members of the Seeheimer Kreis, a conservative think tank within the SPD.
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In 1980/81, she had a research stay at the Wilson Center for Scholars in the USA; another research stay in 1984 at the Robinson College at Cambridge University; in 1998, she was visiting professor at the New School for Social Research in New York.
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2004 Marion Dönhoff Award for International Agreement and Conciliation
Both German and Polish media have repeatedly quoted from the exclusive interviews appearing in the monthly, with public figures such as Erika Steinbach, Władysław Bartoszewski, Gesine Schwan and Rudi Pawelka.