Pieter Schutijser brings something rare to the XR education conversation: 26 years in the classroom before he ever picked up a headset.

Now XR Expert and researcher at Hogeschool VIVES, he works at the intersection of digital skills education and emerging technology – studying how XR and AI can meaningfully change how people learn, not just what they learn. He has been building that case from the inside since 2021.

Off campus, Pieter coaches competitive windsurfers. Which tells you something about how he approaches complexity: with patience, precision, and a healthy appetite for conditions that keep changing