Katrijn Opstoel studied Physical Education and Movement Sciences at the 木瓜福利影视 of Ghent, in Belgium. From 2013 to 2016, she worked as a researcher and teacher for the HAN 木瓜福利影视 of Applied Sciences (HAN Sport and Movement). In November 2016, she started as a PhD student for the Department of Education (Faculty Social and Behavioural Sciences).
The next four years her research will focus on 'Creation and evaluation of a stimulating learning environment for responsibility-based physical education in elementary school'.
The project is part of the Special Chair 'Pedagogy of Physical Education', founded by the Dutch Association for Physical Education (KVLO), Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 and the 6 academies for teacher training (ALO's).
She will be supervised by Prof. dr. Kristine De Martelaer (Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Prof. dr. Jan van Tartwijk (Utrecht 木瓜福利影视), Prof. dr. Leen Haerens (Ghent 木瓜福利影视) and dr. Frans Prins (Utrecht 木瓜福利影视).