Professor Ilona Boniwell is one of the European leaders in positive psychology. She has studied, researched, taught and implemented positive psychology for over 20 years. She works as an academic and consultant with private companies, education, higher education and governmental institutions.
She was the founder and the head of the first Master’s Degree in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) in Europe at UEL. Nowadays, she is a full professor of positive psychology and coaching psychology. She co-directs the International MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology and a PhD Programme in Positive Psychology at UEL. She teaches Positive Management at l’Ecole CentraleSupelec Paris and HEC. She consults around the world as a director of Positran. Her main teaching expertise is in positive psychology and positive psychology applications. Her research interests are subjective time use, time perspective, eudaimonic well-being, measuring well-being and engagement at work, tangible tools and applications of positive psychology to business, executive coaching and education.
Ilona founded and was the first Chair of the European Network of Positive Psychology (ENPP). She was a member of its Steering Committee for many years. She organised the first European Congress of Positive Psychology in June 2002 (Winchester), starting a successful tradition of bi-annual events. She was the first Vice-Chair of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). She has been a member of its Board of Directors since 2007. She is currently the Vice-President of the Francophone Association of Positive Psychology. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Wellbeing Education Network (WEN) and is a co-editor of the Applied Positive Psychology Journal.
