Call for contributions: CDAS Conference 2025 - Death in transition
We invite submissions to the 2025 CDAS Conference on the theme of ‘Death in transition’ - the deadline for submissions is 12pm GMT 31 January 2025
This year, to mark 20 years of being at the forefront of our field, we are hosting a packed schedule of events that demonstrate our expertise in death, dying and bereavement.
We'll reflect on what has happened during our time, look ahead to the future, and end the year with our annual CDAS conference. We’d love you to celebrate with us.
Find out more about CDAS@20View the latest updates from the Centre for Death & Society.
We invite submissions to the 2025 CDAS Conference on the theme of ‘Death in transition’ - the deadline for submissions is 12pm GMT 31 January 2025
To mark our 20th anniversary we have sourced 20 books and papers written by CDAS staff and PhD students while they were with the Centre
Dr Sam Carr from the Department for Education explores why loneliness cannot be easily resolved through simple solutions or interventions.
The ESRC funded Voicing Loss project was carried out by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research at Birkbeck and the Centre for Death & Society
The largest ever study of bereaved people’s experiences of the inquest process in England and Wales has been published by the University of Bath
The British Science Association has named Dr Diana Teggi as the winner of their British Science Award Lecturer for the Social Sciences.
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The Centre for Death & Society provides a forum for our community of researchers and practitioners to share their expertise in death, dying and bereavement.
CDAS Directors past and present discuss the origins of the centre, the last two decades of research and where the study of death and loss are going
If you're a researcher examining topics related to death and dying, then you can create a formal link with the Centre for Death & Society
Our members are mainly located within the Department of Social & Policy Sciences, although we welcome members from across the University of Bath.
You can find details of useful resources and associated organisations who have a shared interest in death and dying with our Centre for Death & Society.
The Centre for Death and Society run a variety of events where experts from various fields explore topics around death, dying and bereavement.
On 13th November 2024 we were delighted to host a University of Bath public Minerva Lecture on ‘Ecological loss and grieving the non-human’
Hear from speakers from India, the UK and the US to learn about how death is accounted for, documented, politicised and contested.
CDAS Directors past and present discuss the origins of the centre, the last two decades of research and where the study of death and loss are going
Dr Sam Carr presents some of the distinct features, challenges, and experiences of loneliness that older people shared in 'The Bath Loneliness Project.'
In a contemporary Japan, inter-generational Buddhist systems of care for the dead have become increasingly unstable
Joint event by the Centre for Death and Society and the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on the Sociology of Mental Health & Illness
Find out more about the research we undertake at the Centre for Death & Society.
View the current research projects being undertaken by researchers within and associated with the Centre for Death & Society (CDAS).
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