Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies (DPECS) Our department consists of
6 teams covering the disciplines of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Pedagogical Sciences; three closely related disciplines with each their own profile. The different psychological specialization areas of DPECS focus on understanding cognitive, physical, and social functioning and well-being in the context of mental health, education, and work. The educational sciences focus on issues regarding effectiveness and inclusion in primary, secondary and tertiary education. The pedagogical sciences focus on issues related to everyday as well as problematic development and upbringing within families, at school and in youth care. The disciplinary perspectives of DPECS complement each other and share the mission to generate societal impact with high-quality scientifical research on timely societal issues, and with the use of innovative methods and techniques and open science. The bachelor and master programs of DPECS build on this mission and educate students to become scientifically trained professionals for the society of the future.
More information about the research at DPECS can be found here:
https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/information/researchers/lab-society More information about the education programs offered at DPECS can be found here:
https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/education Our department also has access to an excellent laboratory for research and education purposes. The Erasmus Behavioural Lab offers state-of-the art facilities, including video observation, EEG, eye-tracking, virtual reality, experience sampling, and biofeedback:
https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/information/researchers/erasmus-behavioural-labDepartment The Clinical Psychology team focuses on five interconnected research themes:
Experimental Psychopathology of Emotional Disorders and Affective Neuroscience,
Substance Use and Addiction Science,
Developmental Psychopathology,
Forensic and Legal Psychology, and
Health Psychology and Behavioral Change. All five themes are characterized by a 'From Lab to Society' research vision, which aims at a strong mutual connection between fundamental (experimental) research, clinical practice and health promotion. In addition, our team provides education within the Dutch and international bachelor program
Psychology, and the master specializations
Clinical Psychology,
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology,
Forensic & Legal Psychology, and
Health Psychology. The mission of our scientific research and education is to promote, protect and restore mental health based on state-of-the-art fundamental and applied research on mechanisms, treatments and prevention.