diff --git a/src/components/shared/DropDown.tsx b/src/components/shared/DropDown.tsx
index fa0539104c..83421c81d2 100644
--- a/src/components/shared/DropDown.tsx
+++ b/src/components/shared/DropDown.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const DropDown = <T, >({
 	ref?: React.RefObject<SelectInstance<any, boolean, GroupBase<any>> | null>
 	value: T
 	text: string,
-	options: DropDownOption[],
+	options?: DropDownOption[],
 	required: boolean,
 	handleChange: (option: {value: T, label: string} | null) => void
 	placeholder: string
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const DropDown = <T, >({
 		optionPaddingTop?: number,
 		optionLineHeight?: string
 	},
-	fetchOptions?: () => { label: string, value: string}[]
+	fetchOptions?: (inputValue: string) => Promise<{ label: string, value: string }[]>
 }) => {
 	const { t } = useTranslation();
 
@@ -157,14 +157,29 @@ const DropDown = <T, >({
 		) : null;
 	};
 
+	const filterOptions = (inputValue: string) => {
+		if (options) {
+			return options.filter(option =>
+				option.label.toLowerCase().includes(inputValue.toLowerCase()),
+			);
+		}
+		return [];
+	};
+
+	const loadOptionsAsync = (inputValue: string, callback: (options: DropDownOption[]) => void) => {
+		setTimeout(async () => {
+			callback(formatOptions(
+				fetchOptions ? await fetchOptions(inputValue) : filterOptions(inputValue),
+				required,
+			));
+		}, 1000);
+	};
+
 	const loadOptions = (
 		inputValue: string,
 		callback: (options: DropDownOption[]) => void,
 	) => {
-		callback(formatOptions(
-			fetchOptions ? fetchOptions() : options,
-			required,
-		));
+		callback(formatOptions(filterOptions(inputValue), required));
 	};
 
 
@@ -176,10 +191,14 @@ const DropDown = <T, >({
 		autoFocus: autoFocus,
 		isSearchable: true,
 		value: { value: value, label: text === "" ? placeholder : text },
-		options: formatOptions(
-			options,
-			required,
-		),
+		defaultOptions: options
+			? formatOptions(
+				options,
+				required,
+			)
+			: true,
+		cacheOptions: true,
+		loadOptions: fetchOptions ? loadOptionsAsync : loadOptions,
 		placeholder: placeholder,
 		onChange: element => handleChange(element as {value: T, label: string}),
 		menuIsOpen: menuIsOpen,
@@ -191,31 +210,18 @@ const DropDown = <T, >({
 
 		// @ts-expect-error: React-Select typing does not account for the typing of option it itself requires
 		components: { MenuList },
-		filterOption: createFilter({ ignoreAccents: false }), // To improve performance on filtering
 	};
 
 	return creatable ? (
 		<AsyncCreatableSelect
 			ref={selectRef}
 			{...commonProps}
-			cacheOptions
-			defaultOptions={formatOptions(
-				options,
-				required,
-			)}
-			loadOptions={loadOptions}
 		/>
 	) : (
 		<AsyncSelect
 			ref={selectRef}
 			{...commonProps}
 			noOptionsMessage={() => t("SELECT_NO_MATCHING_RESULTS")}
-			cacheOptions
-			defaultOptions={formatOptions(
-				options,
-				required,
-			)}
-			loadOptions={loadOptions}
 		/>
 	);
 };
diff --git a/src/components/shared/modals/ResourceDetailsAccessPolicyTab.tsx b/src/components/shared/modals/ResourceDetailsAccessPolicyTab.tsx
index 77bc8be567..cdc78708d9 100644
--- a/src/components/shared/modals/ResourceDetailsAccessPolicyTab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/shared/modals/ResourceDetailsAccessPolicyTab.tsx
@@ -543,11 +543,6 @@ export const AccessPolicyTable = <T extends AccessPolicyTabFormikProps>({
 																				? formatAclRolesForDropdown(rolesFilteredbyPolicies)
 																				: []
 																		}
-																		fetchOptions={() =>
-																			roles.length > 0
-																				? formatAclRolesForDropdown(rolesFilteredbyPolicies)
-																				: []
-																		}
 																		required={true}
 																		creatable={true}
 																		handleChange={element => {
diff --git a/src/components/shared/wizard/RenderField.tsx b/src/components/shared/wizard/RenderField.tsx
index 00b4fbe5c0..b728cd7750 100644
--- a/src/components/shared/wizard/RenderField.tsx
+++ b/src/components/shared/wizard/RenderField.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import React, { useRef, useState } from "react";
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import DatePicker from "react-datepicker";
 import cn from "classnames";
-import { getMetadataCollectionFieldName } from "../../../utils/resourceUtils";
+import { getMetadataCollectionFieldName, transformListProvider } from "../../../utils/resourceUtils";
 import { getCurrentLanguageInformation } from "../../../utils/utils";
 import DropDown from "../DropDown";
 import { parseISO } from "date-fns";
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { FieldProps } from "formik";
 import { MetadataField } from "../../../slices/eventSlice";
 import { GroupBase, SelectInstance } from "react-select";
 import TextareaAutosize from "react-textarea-autosize";
+import axios from "axios";
 
 /**
  * This component renders an editable field for single values depending on the type of the corresponding metadata
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ const RenderField = ({
 			)}
 			{metadataField.type === "text" &&
 				!!metadataField.collection &&
-				metadataField.collection.length > 0 && (
+				(
 					<EditableSingleSelect
 						metadataField={metadataField}
 						field={field}
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ const RenderField = ({
 			)}
 			{metadataField.type === "text" &&
 				!(
-					!!metadataField.collection && metadataField.collection.length !== 0
+					metadataField.collection
 				) && (
 					<EditableSingleValue
 						field={field}
@@ -195,16 +196,7 @@ const EditableDateValue = ({
 };
 
 // renders editable field for selecting value via dropdown
-const EditableSingleSelect = ({
-	field,
-	metadataField,
-	text,
-	form: { setFieldValue },
-	isFirstField,
-	focused,
-	setFocused,
-	ref,
-}: {
+type EditableSingleSelectProps = ({
 	field: FieldProps["field"]
 	metadataField: MetadataField
 	text: string
@@ -213,9 +205,25 @@ const EditableSingleSelect = ({
 	focused: boolean,
 	setFocused: (open: boolean) => void
 	ref: React.RefObject<SelectInstance<any, boolean, GroupBase<any>>>
-}) => {
+})
+const EditableSingleSelect = (props: EditableSingleSelectProps) => {
 	const { t } = useTranslation();
 
+	const {
+		field,
+		metadataField,
+		text,
+		form: { setFieldValue },
+		isFirstField,
+		focused,
+		setFocused,
+		ref,
+	} = props;
+
+	if (metadataField.id === "isPartOf") {
+		return <EditableSingleSelectSeries {...props} />;
+	}
+
 	return (
 		<DropDown
 			ref={ref}
@@ -321,4 +329,67 @@ const EditableSingleValueTime = ({
 	);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Special case for series. Uses an async selector to fetch options.
+ *
+ * Ideally we could generalize this for all metadata fields with listproviders,
+ * but other listproviders do not offer the required filtering capabilities.
+ */
+const EditableSingleSelectSeries = ({
+	field,
+	metadataField,
+	text,
+	form: { setFieldValue },
+	isFirstField,
+	focused,
+	setFocused,
+	ref,
+}: EditableSingleSelectProps) => {
+	const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+	const [label, setLabel] = useState("");
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		// The metadata catalog only contains the field value, so we need to fetch the label ourselves
+		const fetchLabelById = async () => {
+			if (field.value) {
+				const res = await axios.get<{ [key: string]: string }>(`/admin-ng/resources/SERIES.WRITE_ONLY.json?limit=1&filter=textFilter:${field.value}`);
+				const data = res.data;
+				const transformedData = transformListProvider(data);
+				if (transformedData.length > 0) {
+					setLabel(transformedData[0].label);
+				}
+			}
+		};
+		fetchLabelById();
+	}, [field.value]);
+
+	// Fetch collection
+	const fetchOptions = async (inputValue: string) => {
+		const res = await axios.get<{ [key: string]: string }>(`/admin-ng/resources/SERIES.WRITE_ONLY.json?filter=textFilter:${inputValue}`);
+		const data = res.data;
+		return transformListProvider(data);
+	};
+
+	return (
+		<DropDown
+			ref={ref}
+			value={field.value as string}
+			text={label}
+			fetchOptions={fetchOptions}
+			required={metadataField.required}
+			handleChange={element => element && setFieldValue(field.name, element.value)}
+			placeholder={focused
+				? `-- ${t("SELECT_NO_OPTION_SELECTED")} --`
+				: `${t("SELECT_NO_OPTION_SELECTED")}`
+			}
+			customCSS={{ isMetadataStyle: focused ? false : true }}
+			handleMenuIsOpen={(open: boolean) => setFocused(open)}
+			openMenuOnFocus
+			autoFocus={isFirstField}
+			skipTranslate={!metadataField.translatable}
+		/>
+	);
+};
+
 export default RenderField;
diff --git a/src/utils/resourceUtils.ts b/src/utils/resourceUtils.ts
index ce72afa7dc..ba6d007bab 100644
--- a/src/utils/resourceUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/resourceUtils.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,27 @@ export const transformMetadataFields = (metadata: MetadataField[]) => {
 	return metadata;
 };
 
+export const transformListProvider = (collection: { [key: string]: string }) => {
+	return Object.entries(collection)
+		.map(([key, value]) => {
+			if (isJson(value)) {
+				// TODO: Handle JSON parsing errors
+				// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
+				const collectionParsed: { [key: string]: string } = JSON.parse(value);
+				return {
+					label: collectionParsed.label || value,
+					value: key,
+					...collectionParsed,
+				};
+			} else {
+				return {
+					label: value,
+					value: key,
+				};
+			}
+		});
+};
+
 // transform metadata catalog for update via post request
 export const transformMetadataForUpdate = (catalog: MetadataCatalog, values: { [key: string]: MetadataCatalog["fields"][0]["value"] }) => {
 	const fields: MetadataCatalog["fields"] = [];