The Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research reflects the persistence of organised psi research outside the main Euro-American centres over time. Founded in Sydney in 1977, it has provided an institutional base for Australian work, maintaining publications and helping keep a scattered research community in touch.
- Founded in Sydney in 1977, the institute is also known as Parapsychology Australia.
- The AIPR is Australia’s oldest extant parapsychological research institute.
- Its biannual Australian Journal of Parapsychology and accompanying newsletter have provided a continuing publication base.
About the AIPR
The Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research, Incorporated (AIPR), also known as Parapsychology Australia is Australia’s oldest extant parapsychological research institute, established in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1977. The AIPR publishes a biannual (June/December) peer-reviewed journal, the Australian Journal of Parapsychology, with an accompanying newsletter, The AIPR News. The journal was first published in 2001. Its website can be viewed here.
The Journal publishes articles on extra-sensory perception (ESP), psychokinesis (PK), and life after death. Articles are generally accessible to the intelligent layperson. The Journal publishes papers on both experimental and theoretical topics.
As of 2016, just over half the articles across sixteen volumes (32 issues) have come from Australian researchers (56%), with close to half being authored by overseas researchers (44%) who hail from countries such as the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, and Portugal. Some articles (5%) are the result of collaborations between Australian and overseas researchers.
The majority of articles are from psychologists (approximately 80%), but contributions also come from psychiatrists, physicists, physicians, neuroscientists, philosophers, historians, and anthropologists.