professor weiner served as a consultant to the world bank, the agency for international development, the us state department, and the u.s. national security council. he was elected to the american philosophical society, and was a member of the american academy of arts and sciences, council on foreign relations, and a past president of the new england association of asian studies. he held visiting appointments at oxford university's balliol college, harvard university, delhi university, hebrew university and the university of paris. dr. weiner was chair of the external research and advisory committee of the united nations high commissioner for refugees from 1996 until his death.