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| Abbreviation | GWUP |
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| Formation | 1987 |
| Type | Nonprofit organisation |
| Purpose | Popular education and consumer protection[1] |
| Headquarters | Roßdorf, Germany |
Region served | German-speaking Europe |
| Membership | 1,800 (2020)[2] |
Chairperson | André Sebastiani[3] |
| Affiliations | European Council of Skeptical Organisations |
| Website | gwup.org |
The Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften (GWUP) (English: Society for the Scientific Investigation of Pseudosciences[4]) is a non-profit organisation promoting scientific skepticism, headquartered in Roßdorf, Germany.[5] Its estimated membership in 2016 is 1300[6] who are scientists or laypersons interested in science.[7] The GWUP annually hosts a conference with varying key subjects.[5]
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Zellerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "For International Visitors". GWUP website. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Verstand contra unbekannt" [Mind versus unknown]. Focus (in German). 13 May 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ Bärbel Schwertfeger (19 June 2014). "Skeptiker-Konferenz: Engelkurse und Pseudotherapien" [Skeptics Conference: Angel Courses and Pseudotherapies] (in German). Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ (in German) According to the Society. "Über uns: GWUP – die Skeptiker" [About us: GWUP – the skeptics]. GWUP blog. 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2014.