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	'''Caroline Watt''' (born 1962) is a Scottish psychologist and parapsychologist, and the second holder of the Koestler Chair of Parapsychology at the University of Edinburgh, succeeding [[Robert Morris]] after his death.		'''Caroline Watt''' (born 1962) is a Scottish psychologist and parapsychologist, and the second holder of the Koestler Chair of Parapsychology at the University of Edinburgh, succeeding [[Robert Morris]] after his death.

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|name=Caroline Watt
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|occupation=Psychologist, parapsychologist, professor emerita
|known_for=Second Koestler Professor of Parapsychology; President of the Society for Psychical Research
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'''Caroline Watt''' (born 1962) is a Scottish psychologist and parapsychologist, and the second holder of the Koestler Chair of Parapsychology at the University of Edinburgh, succeeding [[Robert Morris]] after his death.

== Early life and education ==
Watt was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and grew up in a farming family before attending state school. She graduated with an MA in psychology from the University of St Andrews in 1984 — the same year press coverage of the newly created Koestler Chair, and Robert Morris's appointment to it, first brought parapsychology to Edinburgh.

== Founding the Koestler Parapsychology Unit ==
Watt joined the [[Koestler Parapsychology Unit]] as a research assistant to Morris in 1986, becoming one of its founding members, and completed a PhD in psychology there in 1993 under his supervision. She remained at the unit as a research fellow until 2006, when she took up a senior lectureship in psychology at the University of Edinburgh, continuing her association with the unit throughout.

== Career and research ==
In 2010, Watt was awarded the Perrott-Warrick Senior Researcher Fellowship, using it to research the psychology of precognitive dream experiences and to write ''Parapsychology: A Beginner's Guide'' (2016). In August 2016, she was appointed Koestler Chair of Parapsychology, a position she held until her retirement in 2024, becoming Professor Emerita. Her research in later years has focused heavily on methodology — including [[Ganzfeld Experiment|ganzfeld]] testing and, alongside parapsychologist and methodologist Jim Kennedy, the push for improved reporting standards and pre-registration of experiments across the behavioural sciences generally. She is co-author, with Harvey J. Irwin, of the widely used textbook ''An Introduction to Parapsychology'', and previously co-authored a ''Parapsychology'' textbook with her long-term partner, [[Richard Wiseman]].

Watt served as president of the Parapsychological Association, and continues to run a study registry for parapsychological research with Kennedy following her retirement. In June 2025, she was elected president of the [[Society for Psychical Research]].

== See also ==
* [[Koestler Parapsychology Unit]]
* [[Robert Morris]]
* [[Richard Wiseman]]
* [[Ganzfeld Experiment]]
* [[Society for Psychical Research]]

== External links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Watt Wikipedia — Caroline Watt]
* [https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/caroline-watt Psi Encyclopedia — Caroline Watt]
* [https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/searching-for-rigor-caroline-watt/ Skeptical Inquirer — Searching for Rigor: Caroline Watt]

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