Ilona Boniwell International Positive Psychology Association 7th IPPA World Congress 2021

Ilona Boniwell

Professor Ilona Boniwell is an internationally renowned positive psychologist since 20 years. She heads the International MSc in Applied Positive Psychology (I-MAPP) at Anglia Ruskin University, teaches at CentraleSupelec and HEC. She wrote or edited seven books, delivered over 150 keynotes/invited presentations, founded the European Network of Positive Psychology, and was the first vice-chair of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). Nowadays, as a director of Positran, a boutique consultancy specialising in the applications of evidence-based methodologies to achieve lasting positive transformation, Ilona delivers advanced professional training in positive psychology. She has developed her own approach to positive psychology at work and trained thousands of professionals around the world (in Japan, Singapore, China, Dubai, South Africa, Portugal, France and the UK). She worked for the Government of Bhutan to develop a framework for happiness-based public policy at the request of the UN. Currently, she consults the Prime Minister’s Office of Dubai around the development of the toolkit for workplace positivity and organisational well-being assessment.