Slovak Academy of Sciences, a study visit, September 2003
Estonian Academy of Sciences, a study visit, August-September 2003
Award for Excellence in Teaching, University Of Haifa, 2002 and various pervious years.
European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Summer 2001.
Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies, Spring 2001.
Slovak Academy of Sciences, a study visit, October 2000.
Estonian Academy of Sciences, a study visit, September 2000.
Slovak Academy of Sciences, a study visit, October 1998.
Estonian Academy of Sciences, a study visit, September 1998.
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB), Summer 1997.
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Spring 1997.
Ministerium fur Wissenschaft und Forschung Baden-Wurttemberg, July-September 1996.
The Schuman Centre, European University Institute (IUE), Florence, November 1994.
Israel's Foreign Ministry, Liaison Office, Trip to the Commonwealth of Independent States, September 1993.
Canadian Embassy, Cultural Affairs Section, Faculty Enrichment Award, a study visit to Canada, August 1992.
Deutsches Institut Fur Internationale Padagogische Forschung (DIPF) (German Institute for International Educational Research), Frankfurt, July-August 1990.
Annenberg Research Institute, Philadelphia, 1989/90.
British Council Scholarship, March 1986.
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) (German Academic Exchange Service), July-September 1983.