Dr Ilona Boniwell, PhD Senior Lecturer in Positive Psychology,
Programme Leader for the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology,
University of East London.

Ilona Boniwell is a Senior Lecturer in Positive Psychology at the University of East London, UK. She is the Programme Leader for the first Masters Degree in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) in Europe. Her main teaching expertise lies in the area of positive psychology, which she teaches to undergraduates, MAPP and other postgraduate students. Her research interests include: subjective time use, time perspective, eudaimonic well-being and applications of positive psychology to one-to-one work and education. She is the Vice-Chair of the newly created International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). Ilona founded and was the first Chair of the European Network of Positive Psychology (ENPP), and is currently the member of its Steering Committee. She also organised the first European Congress of Positive Psychology in June 2002 (Winchester). Ilona is the author of Positive Psychology in a Nutshell (2006, PWBC) and a co-author of the forthcoming Happiness Equation (Adams Media, 2008). She acted as the main consultant for and appeared in the BBC2 series "The Happiness Formula" (2006). Her other media work included Guardian, Times, Psychologies, Top Sante and Cosmopolitan articles and interviews, as well as radio and TV interviews for BBC 24, BBC London and other channels. She frequently addresses psychology and professional audiences at national and international conferences.

In addition to her academic work, Ilona is also interested in practical applications of positive psychology to education, business and one-to-one helping-by-talking practices. She is a qualified coach and a facilitator of educational programmes.

Ilona received her PhD from the Open University. Prior to joining UEL, she worked at Oxford Brookes University and City University.

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