Politics of exclusion: On the de-funding of the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and mental health (IGPP) in Freiburg i. B. in Germany
Politics of exclusion: On the de-funding of the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and mental health (IGPP) in Freiburg i. B. in Germany

Summary/Abstract: By the end of 2019 a most prestigious institute for research on phenomena on the boundaries of reality, the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, the Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene e.V. (IGPP) was defunded by notice of the Department for Culture and Religion, Youth and Sport of the provincial government of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The institute is dedicated to scientific research on so-called para-normal and ‘fringe’ phenomena [Note: following the publication of this article the IGPP informed us that the defunding affects the institute for counselling on parapsychological experiences and phenomena, the ‘Parapsychologische Beratungsstelle’ which is associated with the IGPP, but is legally independent of it.]. Its board of directors comprises some of the most eminent academic professors in the natural sciences, such as theoretical physics, biology, psychology, medicine, social sciences, philosophy etc. in German speaking countries. It edits publications and organises conferences, also through its affiliated academic society, the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Parapsychologie e.V. (WGFP) [Scientific Society for the Promotion of Psychic Research]. It coordinates research, provides lectures and expertise to medical doctors, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, museums, cultural institutions, schools, media and other academic institutions. The programmes of the annual conferences are accessible online.

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