 Kennedy is also a member of Council on Foreign Relations, a position held since 2003.Visiting professorships and scholarships held by Kennedy during his career include at Kiel and Hamburg universities (1980–81), SOAS, University of London, the University of Toronto (1998/99), University of Paris X, Nanterre (multiple appointments from 1995 to 2006), Australian National University (2000), University of Turin (2001/02) and the University of Freiburg (2007/08).He is one of the leaders of "New Stream" or "New Approaches to International Law" movement, which draws from Critical Legal Studies and other methodological sources to engage international law.