During this CLI Lunch & Learn, you will learn more about the interesting educational innovations and research taking place at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and beyond. During this edition, Prof.dr. Peter Verkoeijen (ESSB) will tell more about flexibility in higher education, and its impact on student motivation.
- Date
- Thursday 9 Oct 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
- Type
- General
- Spoken Language
- English
- Space
- Education Lab
- Ticket information
Free (including lunch)
During the CLI Lunch & Learn session, Peter Verkoeijen (ESSB) will discuss flexibility in higher education. First, he will engage with participants about what flexibility actually is and how flexibility in higher education has increased. Additionally, he will address a frequently heard assumption: flexibility enhances student motivation in higher education. Whether this is actually true, under what circumstances it would apply, and for which students, are the questions that will be addressed in this session.
Join us for this CLI Lunch&Learn on Thursday October 9, and gain insights into the challenges and opportunities that flexibility in higher education offers.
Speaker

Prof.dr. Peter Verkoeijen
Prof.dr. Peter Verkoeijen (ESSB) is endowed professor of educational psychology at on the chair "Practice-oriented educational research into applications of cognitive psychology in higher education" a the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is also affiliated as a lector with the Brain and Learning research group. He is also affiliated as a lecturer with the Brain and Learning research group. This research group is part of the Future-proof Education expertise center at Avans University of Applied Sciences. Peter studied cognitive psychology - with a specialization in educational psychology - at Maastricht University. His expertise lies in the area of self-regulated learning, specifically in effective cognitive learning strategies. Additionally, student motivation in higher education is an important theme in his work. Together with colleagues, he developed the motivation engine, a reflection tool for teachers in higher education that can be used to support students' autonomous motivation.
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Date: Thursday 9 October 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00 (doors open at 11:45)
Location: Erasmus Education Lab - Campus Woudestein
Entrance: free (including lunch)Colleagues and students from ISS, EMC, or EUC can request online participation by sending an email to cli@eur.nl
Organised by the Community for Learning & Innovation
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