[1][2][3][4] From 1993 to 2006, he was the director of the Danish National Research Foundations Center for Sensory- Motor Interaction (SMI) at Aalborg University.

[4] In addition to the already mentioned, Sinkjær has held positions in several other boards and organizations.

Positions include president of International Society for Functional Electrical Stimulation (IFESS), panel chair of the European Research Council (ERC)'s Advanced Grant Panel, member of the scientific selection committee under the Research Council of Norway, and member of the Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science's Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy (from 2017 to 2023).

[8][9][10][11][12] Since 2020, Sinkjær has been a member of the presidium of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, of which he was elected Secretary General in 2021.

[18][19] Thomas Sinkjær has contributed more than 200 scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters.