in may 2018, loprieno assumed the presidency of the swiss academies of arts and sciences and took up the post of president of allea, the european federation of academies of sciences and humanities. in april 2018 he was elected chairman of the board of governors of jacobs university bremen. loprieno is member of the accademia delle scienze di torino, corresponding member of the göttingen academy of sciences, of the german archaeological institute and other internationally renowned scientific societies. he is also co-editor of the "journal of egyptian language and ancient studies" (zäs) and of "lingua aegyptia - journal of egyptian language studies" (lingaeg).