Prof. Dr. Christoph Strosetzki actively participates in several research networks involving the depiction of power in the seventeenth century, among others the prestigious network Autoridad y poder en el Siglo de Oro (Authority and Power during the Golden Age), in which many prestigious universities take part (Oxford, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Toulouse-Le Mirail, Trento, Firenze, Roma Tre, Craiova). He is also an expert in one of the main figures of the Spanish Golden Age, Pedro Calderón de la Barca.