Rona Hart
Dr Rona Hart is an Associate Professor in Applied Positive Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK. She is a lecturer, researcher, practitioner and author specialising in Positive Psychology and Economic Psychology. Recently, she launched a pioneering interdisciplinary field – Positive Economic Psychology – which integrates these two domains. Her textbook, Positive Psychology: The Basics (2020), is widely adopted in higher education and has been translated into several languages. Rona is also a long-standing member of the International Positive Psychology Association and holds several leadership roles: Member of the Leadership Team of the Work and Organisation Division; Director of Communities of Practice; Director of the Professionalising Positive Psychology Policy Initiative; Leader of a Community of Practice; and a member of the IPPA Taskforce on Accreditation. Rona is also a Co-Editor of the International Journal of Wellbeing, and has served as guest editor for several special issues on Positive Economic Psychology, Flourishing at Work and Prosocial Organisational Behaviour.
Positive Psychology: The Basics
This book provides an accessible and balanced introduction to positive psychology scholarship and its applications, incorporating an overview of the development of positive psychology. Positive... (more)
Key Topics in Positive Psychology
Key Topics in Positive Psychology provides an insightful guide to this burgeoning, rebellious discipline. Exploring the science of the good life through theoretical foundations, empirical evidence,... (more)