prof. Jolanta Burke, PhD, is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Professor at the Centre for Positive Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland. Dr Burke specialises in the application of positive psychology. Specifically, she heads a “Positive Activity Research Lab” [1] that researches mechanisms for enhancing psychological flourishing and explores multidisciplinary wellbeing interventions, such as pro-environmental, lifestyle-medicine and nature-based interventions for enhancing psychological flourishing. Her research is funded by such organisations as the Irish Research Council, Science Foundation Ireland and Health Research Board. She has authored over ten books, published over 60 peer-reviewed publications and written articles for such newspapers as the Guardian, Irish Independent, and Irish Times.
Her research and publications have been featured in such media as Gazeta Wyborcza, The Economic Times, Channel News Asia, CNN and Fox News. She is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and The Conversation, where over 2 million people have read her articles in the last two years, and she was acknowledged by the Irish Times as one of 30 people who make Ireland a better place.