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About
Hogrefe Editore Srl was set up in Florence in 2012, as the Italian branch of the Hogrefe Publishing Group.
We develop psychological assessments in collaboration with the main Italian research centers in the clinical, human resources and school fields. Today, the company’s catalog includes more than 100 tests, both original Italian tools and adaptations.
Since 2014 we have started publishing books on psychology and related disciplines: we have more than 50 titles, aimed at professionals, families, children and the general public.
We are also active in offering test assessment and training services to companies.
Jacopo Tarantino
Hogrefe Editore, CEO
Jacopo Tarantino is CEO of Hogrefe Editore. He was born in Florence, Italy, in 1959, where he did classical studies. After earning a master’s degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Florence, with a dissertation on animal behaviour (ethology), he obtained a master on Organizational Sociopsychology.
In 1988 he started to work in the publishing industry and in psychological testing business. He has been Publishing Director in O.S. Organizzazioni Speciali for almost twenty years, and Co-editor in Chief of the Italian journal Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata. In 1991 he contributed to the foundation of the ETPG, of which he has been President twice (2003-2004 and 2010-2011). He has also been involved for a long time in setting up test companies in Eastern Europe (Hungary, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia), in Turkey and in France, supporting their development.
In 2012 he joined the Hogrefe Publishing Group, with the responsibility to set up a branch in Italy. Starting from scratch, Hogrefe Editore is now a well consolidated reality in the Italian market with an important catalogue of tests and books.
