The ERAS project comprises research on accretionary orogenic ranges in Central Asia, the Caribbean (Cuba) and Africa. This is also a contribution to theMainz Excellence Cluster.
Collaboration with IGCP-Project 480 (Structural and Tectonic Correlation across the Central Asian Orogenic Collage: Implications for Continental Growth and Intracontinental Deformation) by research in Mongolia, China, South Siberia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Collaboration with IGCP-Project 509 (Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution) by research in North Namibia.
Supervision of and collaboration with project LEGENDS (Lithospheric Evolution of Gondwana East from iNterdisciplinary Deep Surveys) of the International Lithosphere Program. The LEGENDS project comprises research on structure and development of the deep crust in Sri Lanka together with the Institute of Fundamental Studies in Kandy, Sri Lanka.