18th to 19th October - 48th SPR International Annual Conference 2025 - for ATTENDANCE VIA ZOOM

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48^th SPR INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2025

Celebrating 143 years of the SPR

This year's conference will be held at Milton Hill House, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxford, OX13 6AF, United Kingdom

Saturday 18th October and Sunday 19th October 2025

The conference programme will follow.

Please note that the conference schedule is 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October. 

Note from the Programme Chair

Welcome to the 48^th Annual International Conference of the Society for Psychical Research. This year we are based close to Oxford, at Milton Hill House, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxford, OX13 6AF, United Kingdom. We hope you find it comfortable and relaxing, with all the facilities you require under one roof. It seems some time ago now that we would regularly use universities for conferences, and perhaps we will return to some in the future. However, hotels with conference facilities bring immediate convenience and less walking from halls of residence to the lecture rooms for presentations. At the last count, there are more than a dozen UK universities offering taught modules of parapsychology within degree programmes, which bodes well for the SPR.

We usually receive more abstract submissions than we can fit in this year. Alongside the invited speakers and, of course, a guest after-dinner speaker, narrowing down such abstracts and the work people have put into preparing them is no easy task when, even in a strictly packed schedule, we can only accept two-thirds of them in the time available. We do invite those not included in the programme to share a poster to discuss with all the delegates face-to-face at the event. We will cover a wide range of topics from history and legacy to the latest laboratory research, experiences surrounding death, and much more. We encourage all contributors to take feedback from their talks and consider writing for the SPR Journal and/or the Magazine and share the data and ideas much further to our worldwide membership.

I extend my heartfelt thanks to the Conference Programme Committee who work hard to create an interesting programme for everyone.  Thanks also, to our Secretary, Peter Johnson, for all the work he puts into this event. He is the backbone of helping make the conference possible and piecing together the fine details. Everyone here is aimed at making sure you get access to the latest research and ideas, and above all, have an enjoyable and memorable time at the SPR conference.

I look forward to welcoming you all, both familiar and new faces!

Dr Cal Cooper, Programme Chair