Sven Bölte

Sven Bölte

Full Professor | Docent
Telephone: +46852482867
Visiting address: Gävlegatan 22B, plan 8, 11330 Stockholm
Postal address: K6 Kvinnors och barns hälsa, K6 Neuropsykiatri Bölte, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Science since 2010 at KI. Additionally, I direct the Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at KI (KIND), and head the Neuropsychiatry Division at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health. On the clinical side I work as a senior consultant in clinical psychology and specialist in neuropsychology at child and adolescent psychiatry Stockholm.

    I have diverse national and international commissions, for example I am visiting professor at the Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, research associate at Curtin University in Perth (Autism Research Group), founder of the Scientific Society Autism Spectrum, editor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, and editor in chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology. I am international ADOS-2 and ADI-R trainer, board member of Autism Sweden and Education Science at the Swedish Research Council. I have received several recognitions, such as the ”Life Watch Nordiska Priset”, ”Årets Ljus” (Society Attention), ”Fellow of the International Society for Autism Research” (INSAR), and Psynkpriset GNET (Swedish Municipalities and Regions).

    I have published more than 600 original articles, reviews, book chapters, assessment and intervention tools in the field of autism spectrum, ADHD, other neurodevelopmental conditions and mental health, which have been cited more than 38, 000 times (H-index 94).

    Education
    Full Prof., 2010, Karolinska Institutet
    Senior lecturer/Docent/Assoc. Prof., 2009, Charles Univ Heidelberg
    Senior lecturer/Docent/Assoc. Prof. 2004, Goethe Univ Frankfurt
    Post-doc 2000-2004, Goethe Univ Frankfurt
    Clinical Neuropsychologist, 2003, Society of Neurosychology
    PhD (summa cum laude), 2000, Goethe Univ Frankfurt
    Practitioner for psychotherapy, 1999
    Master (psychology) (with distinction), 1997, Goethe Univ Frankfurt

    Academic honours, awards and prizes
    2011, LifeWatch Nordic Research Award for Autism Research Achievements
    2015, Autism Speaks top 10 autism research paper
    2016, SFARI spectrum news top 10 autism research paper
    2016, Autism CRC (Australia), Achievement in Autism Research
    2017, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Top 2 paper of year
    2018, Fellow of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
    2018, ‘Light of the Year’ Award, National Neuropsychiatry Society Attention
    2020, 'Psynkpriset GNET' (Swedish Municipalities and Regions)
    2022, No 6 of world's autism experts (Expertscape)
    2023, No 11 of Sweden's most infuencial psychologists (Research.com)

Research

  • My research area since more than 30 years is predominently neurodevelopmental disorders, especially autism spectrum disorder and ADHD. I work broadly in these areas from basic biomedical research on etiologies to applied research of intervention, quality assurance and implementation, although I would describe cognition/neuropsychology, diagnostic instruments, assessment and psychometrics as my core interests.

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Grants

Employments

  • Visiting Professor, Curtin University, 2018-
  • Full Professor, Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Science, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2010-
  • Postdoc, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2000-2024
  • Leading psychologist, ZI Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 2008-2009
  • Clinical and research psychologist, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Goethe University Frankfurt, 1997-2008

Degrees and Education

  • International ADOS-2 and ADI-R Trainer, Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, 2010
  • Docent/APL professor, ZI Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 2009
  • Docent, Clinical Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2004
  • Clinical Neuropsychologist, Neuropsychology, Gesellschaft fuer Neuropsychologie (GNP), 2003
  • Psychotherapy (HPG), Non-medical practitioner, Ordnungsamt, Stadt Frankfurt am Main, 1998

Leadership and responsibility assignments

  • Head of Division, Neuropsychiatry / KIND, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2012-

Distinction and awards

  • World Autism Experts (rank 6), Expertscape, 2024
  • Wiley Publishers, top cited paper, 2023
  • Wiley Publishers, top downloaded paper, 2023
  • JCPP Advances, best paper of the year, 2022
  • Swedish Municipalities & Regions, GNET Psynk Award, for long-term excellent resesarch, education and public engagement, 2020
  • Scholarships of Integration Award, Boston University, 2019
  • Curtin University Awards of Excellence, Resesarch Team, 2019
  • Fellow of the International Society for Autism Research, 2018
  • Light of the Year Award, Society Attention, 2018
  • Honory member of the Society Autism Spectrum, 2018
  • NIH Environmental Health Science top 2 paper, 2017
  • SFARI top 10 autism paper, 2016
  • Autism CRC, Achievement in Autism Research, 2016
  • Autism Speaks Top 10 autism paper, 2015
  • Life Watch Nordic Research Award for Autism Achievements, 2011

Supervisor

  • Katja Albertowski
  • Anna Milena Dubischar Krivec
  • Sabine Feineis-Matthews
  • Silke Schiemann
  • Eftichia Duketis
  • Jochen Grebner
  • Steffi Thomas
  • Paul Wolf
  • Sabine Schlitt
  • Zander Eric
  • Nora Choque Olsson
  • Charlotte Willfors
  • Steve Berggren
  • Ulrika Långh
  • Lynnea Myers
  • Soheil Mahdi
  • Pei-Yin Pan
  • John Hasslinger
  • Torkel Carlsson
  • Emma Leifler
  • Lundin Remnelius Karl
  • Peter Crecelius
  • Gisela Renkert
  • Ellen Middel
  • Tong Gong
  • Berit Bilhar Muld
  • Elizabeth Nilsson Jobs
  • Melissa Black
  • Camilla Wiwe-Lipsker
  • Elin Lööf
  • Monica Siquerios
  • Craig Thompson
  • Hampus Beijno
  • Julia Tang
  • Jones Matthew
  • Bahareh Afsharmejad
  • Emily D'Arcy
  • Maya Haydan-Evans
  • Therese Lindtsröm
  • Terje Falck-Ytter
  • Katell Mevel
  • Anna Löfgren
  • Tatja Hirvikoski
  • Daniel Lundqvist
  • Linda Halldner
  • Joakim Norberg
  • Ivan Rojas
  • Elles De Shipper
  • Elzbieta Kostrewa
  • Kristiina Tammimies
  • Elodie Cauvet
  • Janina Neufeld
  • Johan Isaksson
  • Martina Hedenius
  • Maria Löthberg
  • Elinor Strålin
  • Hannah Agius
  • John Hasslinger
  • Karl Lundin Remnelis
  • Melissa Black
  • Erik Domelöf

Committee work

Visiting research fellowships

Thesis evaluation

  • Ingrid Fossum, Opponent, University of Oslo, 2025
  • MARIA JUNTTILA, External thesis reviewer, University of Oulu, 2025
  • Anders Dechsling, Opponent, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, 2023
  • Amanda Roesdorf, Opponent, University of London, 2018
  • Daniel Sheppard, External thesis reviewer, Radboud University Nijmegen, 2018
  • Ines Pote, Opponent, Kingston College, 2017
  • Birgitta Spjut Jansson, External thesis reviewer, University of Gothenburg, 2017
  • Nils Haglund, Opponent, Lund University, 2017
  • Marita Falkmer, Opponent, Jönköping University, 2013
  • Petra Dewrang, Opponent, University of Gothenburg, 2011

Editorial work

Conference/event participation

  • Chair, International Society for Autism Research, 2023, Stockholm, 2023
  • Expert panel, Autism Europe, Krakow, 2022
  • Expert panel, Autism Europe 2019, Nice, 2019
  • Expert panel, International Society for Autism Research, 2019, Montreal, 2019
  • Expert panel, Meeting of Minds, Copenhagen 2017, 2017
  • Expert panel, Autism Europe conference 2016, Edinburgh, 2016
  • Chair, EUNETHYDIS, Stockholm 2016, 2016

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