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Sven Mathijssen is vice programme director of the by ECHA qualified Radboud International Training on High Ability (RITHA). He is also the Editor in Chief for ‘Talent’, a popular-scientific journal about giftedness, and general committee member of European Council for High Ability (ECHA).

Sven studied Psychology (track: Child & Adolescent) at Tilburg University. During his training, he was an intern at Psychology Practice Frumau (now: PPF Centrum voor HoogOntwikkelingsPotentieel) and the Center for the Study of Giftedness (CBO Talent Development). After his graduation, he worked as a developmental psychologist at CBO Talent Development until 2019.

Besides his working activities, Sven was an external PhD candidate at Tilburg University. In his doctoral research programme, he analyzed human figure drawings of children with high intellectual abilities. With research following up on his dissertation, Sven aims to develop a screening instrument, with which he attempts to contribute to the identification process of talents and needs of young children (4-6 years), who require services not ordinarily provided within the regular school curriculum.