Rainer Baier

Mag. Rainer Baier is a Lecturer at the Department of Educational Science, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna). With 25+ years of teaching experience since 1999, he specializes in didactics of business informatics and Excel-based business intelligence tools.

• Current international teaching engagements: May 2025 - Tongji University (Shanghai), February 2025 - Luiss University (Rome), 2023-2025 - Universitas Gadjah Mada & Universiti Malaya
• Key collaborations: learn@wu learning platform, bm:bwk educational standards group

Research & Teaching Focus: E-learning methodologies, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), Excel automation for business, Power BI applications, and cooperative negotiation skills. His work emphasizes practical integration of digital tools in business education.

Recent Publications: 3 textbooks in 2024 on Microsoft Power Automate, Office 365 skills, and nursing informatics. 2023 works focus on Excel data ace training and CLIL didactics.

Scientific Recognition:

• Diversitas 2022 Diversity Award
• Two Innovative Teaching Project Awards (2007, 2008)
• WU Cooperation Officer of the Year (2008)

Advising & Grants: Project leadership in WU E-Learning Academy (2006-2008) and Corporate Sustainability Negotiation (2011). Collaborations with Microsoft tools (Power BI, Excel) in business education contexts.

Labs & Teams: learn@wu educational platform development, bm:bwk educational standards committee member, and Office Management and Applied Computer Science teaching consortium with Hackl and Apfler.