- The Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research, Inc. (AIPR, Inc., or Parapsychology Australia) is a non-profit scientific and community society founded in 1977.
- AIPR is registered with the ACNC as a ‘charitable institution’.
- The AIPR advocates use of the scientific method, and promotes research and public education into parapsychological phenomena.
- The AIPR holds that psychic experiences should be studied in the same way as other human experiences. Evidence should be evaluated accurately and compassionately.
- The field of research and investigation is restricted to Australasia (Australia and nearby countries).
- The AIPR wishes to place psychic phenomena into the broader context of experience, health and illness.
- Professionals and non-professionals can join the AIPR. The membership list is confidential.
- The AIPR does not hold any specific corporate or religious beliefs.
- Contacts are located in most states.
- Scientific advisors usually have tertiary qualifications (e.g., B.A., B.Sc., Masters, Ph.D., etc.), and/or hold or have held research or lecturing positions at tertiary institutions (e.g., universities).
- Information that appears in our publications, and the opinions expressed by speakers at AIPR and Parapsychology Australia events, are not specifically endorsed by the AIPR.
- The AIPR has donated over 300 books to the Willoughby and Chatswood Libraries in Sydney. These books can be borrowed by anyone in person or by interlibrary loan.
- AIPR President: Dr. Vladimir Dubaj
- AIPR Vice President: Ms. Joyce Bok
- AIPR Treasurer: Dr. Lance Storm
- AIPR Public Officer: Mr. Robb Tilley
- Committee member: Mr. Ian Dencker
- Committee member: Ms. Sandra Hilleard
- Committee member: Dr. Terry Olesen
Supporter Membership fees may be tax deductible on the basis that you either use the concepts in your job (e.g., therapists, writers, academics) or the concepts aid personal growth and improve job performance. Membership fee is $10 per annum.
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Membership fees are $10 due each year in June. Fee payment entitles you to receive THE AIPR NEWS newsletter in March and September via post.
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Psychological Services are exempt from GST. All GST is paid by AIPR, Inc., and is fully refunded, therefore effectively no GST is paid.
Dr. Lance Storm: University of Adelaide
Email: lance.storm@adelaide.edu.au
Lance Storm earned a B.A. (Honours) in psychology (1998) and a Ph.D. in parapsychology (2002) at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He has published in Psychological Bulletin, the Journal of Parapsychology, Journal of Scientific Exploration, the Jungian journal Quadrant, and elsewhere. He is a full member of the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research, Inc., of whose journal the Australian Journal of Parapsychology, he is chief editor. In 2012, he was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award by the Parapsychological Association. He co-edited two books with Dr. Michael A. Thalbourne: Parapsychology in the Twenty-First Century (2005), and The Survival of Human Consciousness (2006), and he edited the book Synchronicity: Multiple Perspectives on Meaningful Coincidence (2008). He is the author of two books: The Enigma of Numbers (2008) and A Parapsychological Investigation of the Theory of Psychopraxia (2010); he co-authored the book Shamanism and Psi (2011) with Dr. Adam Rock; and co-edited the book In Search Of Psi (2014) with Dr. Adam Rock. As a Research Fellow, he conducts psychological and parapsychological research in the School of Psychology, University of Adelaide.
Dr. Vladimir Dubaj: Melbourne
Email: vdubaj@gmail.com
Phone: 0415 747 784
Vladimir Dubaj earned his B.Sc. (honours) in Neurophysiology at Monash University, Victoria, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Instrumentation/Optics at Swinburne University. He is the current AIPR President. He has been involved with research in a range of areas, including the effects of mobile phone radiation on memory formation to modifying brain processes using magnetic fields with a technique called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). He was a postdoctoral fellow working in the field of neuroscience at Monash University. Vlad is also current President of the Australian Parapsychological Research Association (APRA) through which, he has a keen parallel interest in investigating ghosts and haunting phenomena as well as poltergeist activity.
Robb Tilley: Sydney
Phone: (02) 9816 4279
Sydney businessman Mr. Robb Tilley has over 30 years experience investigating poltergeist activity and hauntings, and he conducts clearings. Robb’s clearing abilities have been studied and assessed scientifically and published in AIPR’s peer-reviewed journal the Australian Journal of Parapsychology (see Storm & Tilley, 2020). See also, YouTube video “Haunt and Poltergeist Clearing in Australian Residences”.
Ms. Joyce Bok: Perth
Email: soulpsychcounselling@gmail.com
Joyce Bok is an experienced Transpersonal Psychologist and a Clinical Hypnotherapist with a private practice in Bunbury and Perth, WA. She also runs events with parapsychology and paranormal themes and has a YouTube channel featuring numerous speakers on these subjects; see Salubrious Events. She had also conducted a study on “The efficacy of hypnOBEs in producing veridical psi experiences” with Dr Alexander De Foe. She can lend a sympathetic ear for those experiencing paranormal experiences.
Dr. Terry Christopher Olesen
Email: terryolesen@gmail.com
Currently Terry Olesen works as a writer/researcher at Reincarnation Research Limited, USA. His articles (mostly case studies) can be found at www.reincarnationresearch.com (San Francisco, USA); he is also a contributor researcher for the Australian Institute of Parapsychology Research (AIPR).
Ms. Sandra Hilleard: Perth
Contact: https://sandrahilleard.com/contact/
Sandra Hilleard is an experienced Remote Viewer and Remote Viewing trainer. She holds a Certificate in Coordinate and Extended Remote Viewing by David Morehouse PhD; Certificates in Security & Private Investigations; Forensic Facial Reconstruction; Diploma in Counselling and Cert. IV in Training & Assessment. She assists law enforcement agencies around the world with information upon request.
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