Professor Keijsers earned her B.A. in Social Psychology with a minor in Youth Criminology, an M.A. in Social & Health Psychology, and another M.A. in Methodology and Statistics from Utrecht University. She also earned a Ph.D. in Social Robotics from the University of Canterbury. In between, she collaborated on research projects on teenage motherhood, the use of big data in education, and the use of VR and vaping in anti-smoking campaigns.