 He has been a lecturer at universities in Berlin, Konstanz, Budapest and Bern.Roes was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Budapest (1994–1995).Roes was the guest professor at the Central European University, Budapest (2004; 2005/2006)

At present Michael Roes is research fellow at the International Research Center "Interweaving Performance Cultures" of Freie Universität Berlin (2012 / 2013)

Michael Roes is a novelist, poet, anthropologist and film-maker with an interest in interaction with the foreign.