Activities at FHNW
Job title
Lecturer and Professor at the FHNW School of Applied Psychology
Areas of Expertise
- Exchange of knowledge and information in computer-supported groups
- Management of global virtual teams
- Diversity and knowledge transfer in organisations
Lecturing and Research
Teaching relating to training
Oliver Rack is a lecturer for various modules associated with the bachelor's and master's course in Applied Psychology:
- Teams and Groups in Organisations
- Cooperation and New Media
Teaching relating to continuing education
Oliver Rack is a lecturer for various modules (e.g. Incentive Systems for Improving Team Performance, Decision-making Processes in Teams) associated with the following continuing education degree programmes:
The main focus of Oliver Rack's research activities is the area concerned with the design of group processes in the context of virtual and global cooperation. These include processes associated with the exchange of information and knowledge in computer-supported groups as well as issues concerned with the management of virtual teamwork.
Profile
Career to date
since 09/2012
Professor at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland,
School of Applied Psychology, Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes.
Main focus: 'Virtual Cooperation and Communication'
09/2010–08/2012
Lecturer at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland,
School of Applied Psychology, Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes.
Main focus: 'Virtual and Global Cooperation'
since 11/2008
Project management for the SNF-DoRe project 'EMVT – Effectiveness Management for Virtual Teams', FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Applied Psychology, Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes
06/2007–08/2010
Member of academic staff at FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Applied Psychology, Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes
03/2009–12/2009
Project management for 'Relaying Information on Errors in Virtual Teams', Suzanne and Hans Biäsch Foundation for Applied Psychology
06/2007
Doctorate (PhD) at the University of Kiel
Dissertation title: 'Motivational and Incentive Systems in Computer-supported Groups'
08/2004–05/2007
Member of academic staff at the University of Kiel, Germany, Institute of Psychology, Chair for Occupational, Organisational, and Market Psychology (Professor Udo Konradt)
08/2004–05/2007
Doctoral scholarship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the postgraduate programme 'Loosely Coupled Systems and Electronic Business' (Professor Sönke Albers), University of Kiel
07/2006–10/2006
Research posting (Visiting Scholar) at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
(cooperation partner: Professor Andrea Hollingshead)
11/2002–07/2004
Member of academic staff at the University of Göttingen, Germany, Chair for Social and Communication Psychology (Professor Margarete Boos, University of Göttingen)
10/2002
Awarded Diploma in Psychology at the University of Göttingen
10/1997–10/2002
Degree for Diploma in Psychology at the University of Göttingen.
Main specialism: Occupational, industrial, and organisational psychology
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