Callum E. Cooper holds degrees in psychology and social science research methods. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Northampton where he also lectures on Parapsychology, Thanatology, and Human Sexual Behaviour.
He holds numerous grants and awards in parapsychology including the Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship (Parapsychology Foundation, 2009), the Alex Tanous Scholarship Award (Alex Tanous Foundation for Scientific Research, numerous, since 2011), the Gertrude R. Schmeidler Award (Parapsychological Association, 2014).
He is member of organisations such as the Society for Psychical Research (and on the Survival Research Committee), the Parapsychological Association, a Hope Studies Graduate Researcher (University of Alberta), and a member of the Centre for the Study of Anomalous Psychological Processes (CSAPP, University of Northampton).
Additionally, he has appeared on UK and USA radio and TV shows as a representative for parapsychology.