• 2022: Associate member, Center RISK, universtaet der Bundeswehr, Germany. www.unibw.de/risk/mitglieder-inhalt/roland-azibo-balgah
• 2021: Associate Editor, SN Social Sciences https://www.editorialmanager.com/snss/default2.aspx
• 2019ff; Editorial Board Member, BUST Journal of Contemporary Studies, a new journal for the University of Bamenda www.bustedu.com
• 2018ff: Associate Editor, South Asian Journal of Development Research (SAJDR) http://aiipub.com/editorial-board-sajdr/
• 2014ff: Member of ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roland-Balgah)
• 2013ff: Board member, Global Action for Africa’s Development – GLAFAD, www.glafad.com
• 2010ff: Member of the exclusive Emerald Literati Network of authors, editors and researchers in academic publishing http://www.emeraldinsight.com/authors/literati/index.htm
• 2010ff: Member of the Council for Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research ATSAF-Germany www.atsaf.de
• 2009ff: Member of Africa Rural Connect http://arc.peacecorpsconnect.org/about
• 2009ff: Member of the “Friends of Heinrich Böll” Since 2009 http://www.boell.de/stiftung/freundeskreis/freundeskreis-2144.html
• 2013ff: Peer reviewer for important Journals such as the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, The Journal of Sustainable Development, Economic Research, Journal of Rural Studies, SN Social Science, & Scientific African, and Community Development.
• 2016ff: External Examiner for Masters Degree Theses for Universities such as The Universität der Bundeswehr, Munich, TUT; and the University of Johannesburg (South Africa)