Editors-in-Chief:

Albert Ziegler – Educational Psychology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

PhD, is Chair Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He is the Founding Director of the State-wide Counseling and Research Centre for the Gifted. He has published approx. 300 books, chapters and articles in the fields of talent development, excellence, educational psychology and cognitive psychology. Presently he serves as the Secretary-General of the International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE) and as the Editor-in-Chief of Talent Development & Excellence. His main interests in the field of talent development and excellence are the development of exceptional performances, the Actiotope Model of Giftedness, Educational and Learning Capital, sociotopes, and motivational training programs.

Jiannong Shi - Academy of Sciences, Development and Education, Beijng, China

Professor Jiannong Shi is director of the Division of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and also the director of the Research Center for Supernormal Children, Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a former president of the Asia-Pacific Federation of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. His research on giftedness and talent development include neuropsychological as well as educational studies and embrace various age groups and domains. He has published books, chapters and articles in the fields of talent development, educational psychology and education, among them Discovering Gifted Children und Developmental Psychology of Gifted Children. He was visiting scholar at various Univeristies such as Yale University, University of Michigan or Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. He twice received the Excellent Scholar Award.

Editorial Assistants:

Bettina Harder - Institute of Education, Educational Psychology, Ulm University, Germany

Bettina Harder holds a Master degree in psychology from the University of Wuerzburg (Germany). Her research interests include critical factors in the development of expertise, diagnosis and nurturing of gifts, development of pupils’ English ability. As a research scholar Bettina currently conducts a longitudinal study comparing the effects of special classes vs. regular classes for gifted children at secondary school level.

Xiaoju Duan - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xiaoju Duan completed her PhD in developmental and educational psychology in 2009 and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She has published several articles in the fields of talent development, educational psychology and neurocognitive psychology.