Living and Dying: The Morgan Centre In Conversation Series 1.30-3pm, Tues 10 Nov (online) Michael Brennan, Laura Towers, Kate Reed and Kylie Baldwin will discuss Living and Dying, one of the Morgan Centre’s new research themes. All welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-and...

Living and Dying: The Morgan Centre In Conversation Series

Michael Brennan, Laura Towers, Kate Reed and Kylie Baldwin will discuss Living and Dying, one of the Morgan Centre’s new research themes.

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💭 Where we are cared for at the end of life matters. 43% of people who received care at home during the last months of life later died in hospital. 📖 Read the report: https://goto.hospicefoundation.ie/dying-death-bereavement-report #EveryDeathMatters #EndOfLifeCare #PalliativeCare

Interested in studying social science but unsure where a career might take you? Read our interviews with professional social scientists from a range of backgrounds to see just some of the varied careers social science can lead to⬇️ acss.org.uk/category/im-...

I’m a Social Scientist – Academy of Social Sciences

This series features professional social scientists from a range of disciplines and backgrounds discussing their career paths, what inspires them in their work, and why social science matters.

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📺 On 5th October, our Press Officer, Scarlett Evans, spoke with KMTV about the cases of Shakespeare Cliff Man and Dover Woman.   🎥 Watch below or stream the full interview on the KMTV website:   🔗 kentonline.co.uk/kmtv/video/ken… �� #LocateInternational #ShakespeareCliffMan #DoverWoman

📢We're delighted to finally be able to announce our extension: we will continue working to the end of 2028 and will expand our remit to include a wider range of neurological conditions 🧠 @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Exeter’s NIHR Policy Research Unit in dementia granted £2 million extension

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit (PRU): Dementia and Neurodegeneration (DeNPRU Exeter) hosted by the University of Exeter has been granted an extension u...

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We have published our full findings, with heavy hearts today. Please join us tonight at our vigil to remember everyone with love. museumofhomelessness.org/news/prelimi...

full findings published for dying homeless project — Museum of Homelessness

our findings show that 1720 people - including 51 children - died while homeless in 2025

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NATIONAL VIGIL Join us to remember with love everyone who died whilst homeless across the UK in 2025. 15th October 2026 6pm - 730pm We will read the names at 6.45pm All welcome. 💔🕯 museumofhomelessness.org/news/nationa...

We’re looking forward to the winter installment of the ASDS Free Online Event Series! 🔗 Book tickets here: deathandsociety.org/online-event...

🔎 Could you help us identify River Avon Man? On 14th October 1981, an unidentified man’s body was found in the River Avon in St George, Bristol. Find out more - locate.international/unidentified... #LocateInternational #RiverAvonMan #RiverAvon #UnidentifiedPerson #ColdCase #Bristol

Interested in making Scotland a place where people can help each other through the difficult times that can come with death, dying, loss and care? Come to our conference in Glasgow on 3 March 2027! Find out more and book your place here: www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/glgdgg-confe...

Hear from our Director about the challenges people with dementia and their carers face and the role psychology can play in bringing about change. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

‘It is people living with dementia and their families who give me hope that things can and will be different' | BPS

Linda Clare is Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Dementia at the University of Exeter, here, she talks to Ella Rhodes about the challenges people with dementia and their carers face and t...

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So important that we learn from those who really know, what is needed for support. Please spread the word. #MND #Huntington's #Parkinson's #Dementia #MS

Rachael Litherland@rachaellitherland.bsky.social · last wk.

Giving this post another boost. Please direct it in the UK to people living with neurological conditions such as #dementia #Parkinson’s #MND #Huntington’s #MS & families who might support people to access the NHS digitally. Dept of Health and Social Care keen to know how they can improve experiences

Tonight and tomorrow evening (13/10), the members' area of our website will be closed from 6pm while we carry out some updates. Please bear this in mind if you need to access your account. We appreciate your patience!

Raising the Level may be over, but the work of raising the floor for No Wrong Door is only just beginning. Thanks to all who joined and supported us in Perth - and look out for the full conference report. 🙌

💚 This World Mental Health Day, we’re thinking of missing people who may be struggling, and the families living with uncertainty. Everyone deserves compassion, support and to be remembered. #WorldMentalHealthDay #LocateInternational

Beautiful morning in London at Thomas Cribbs Funeral Directors at the National Funeral Museum study day.

New paper alert! I am chuffed this is finally published (and open access!) ‘Mature’ and ‘Immature’ Death Concepts: Epistemic Injustice and Young Children's Sense-Making of Death and Dying #academsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

‘Mature’ and ‘Immature’ Death Concepts: Epistemic Injustice and Young Children's Sense‐Making of Death and Dying

Most research in Death Studies focuses on adult perspectives. Even when children are the intended focus, this research often remains adult-centred due to the dominance of developmental psychology. A ....

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Brilliant people doing good in the world for single people! 1st set of awards from the Foundation for the Empowerment of Single People. belladepaulo.medium.com/1st-set-of-a...

1st Set of Awards for Empowering Single People

These impressive projects will make us all proud

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We're being told to stock up on food this winter, but currently 1 in 5 people across the UK can't afford enough to eat as it is. Help us hit 10,000 signatures before we take our petition to No.10 next week and demand the right to food in UK law 👇🏾 www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...

Prime Minister: Protect the right to food in UK law

Call on the new Prime Minister to introduce a Right to Food Bill so that all governments from now on have a duty to make food affordable and accessible to all.

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#PalliativeCare online conference today 7 October 2026 starting at 8:45 AM Mexico City time

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - JCRM Special Issue Creative Methods for an Inclusive Sociology of Wellbeing How can creative methods rethink wellbeing and whose ways of knowing count? Research Articles, Think Pieces, Research Notes & Creative Formats welcome. 19 Dec 2026 lnkd.in/dE3fF8wS

And while you're here, have a wander. We've got short reads to browse, a Dolly Parton display, Peter Liversidge's artwork, and an exhibition on the humble paperback. Come for six minutes. Stay for an hour. We won't judge. 📅 Wednesday, 7 October 📌 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh 🎟️ Free, drop-in

Today's the day! Raising the Level, Scotland’s national gathering on transforming outcomes for people facing severe and multiple disadvantage, starts this morning. V excited to hear all our great speakers and connect with delegates. Here's what's on the agenda: buff.ly/doCfDGB See you there!

Some new benefits to announce for our members! 🔗 Learn more about the When You Die films: whenyoudie.org/about/origin... 🔗 Visit the ASDS Member Directory: deathandsociety.org/directories/... 🔗 Explore membership and join ASDS: deathandsociety.org/become-a-mem... #DeathStudies #DeathAndSociety

What Does Success Look Like? A Message to all Locate International Volunteers. Follow the link to read the rest of our new blog post by our CEO Dr Mark Greenhalgh. locate.international/news/what-do...

What Does Success Look Like? A Message to all Locate International Volunteers — Locate International

At Locate International, the outcomes we seek will always matter deeply: finding a missing person , helping identify someone who has remained unknown , and bringing long-awaited answers to families....

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Wonderful podcast series, full of fascinating talks from interesting people about many different aspects of death. If you haven't tried it before, now is a very good time to do so.

The Death Studies Podcast@deathstudiespod.bsky.social · 2w ago

New episode! thedeathstudiespodcast.com/2026/10/02/d...

It was a great evening - so informative and entertaining, too. Thanks to @irishhospice.bsky.social for inviting me to attend.

Irish Hospice Foundation@irishhospice.bsky.social · 3w ago

Last week, we took time to celebrate 40 years of IHF and the people who made it possible. It was a special evening of reflection, connection and gratitude.🌻 👉 Explore our 40-year journey: hospicefoundation.ie/40th-anniversary/ #IHF40 #IrishHospiceFoundation #40YearsOfImpact

We’re looking forward to welcoming Doris Zhu for her talk The Loss and Grief of the “Only-one-Child Family” in Mainland China. 🔗 Book your free ticket here! deathandsociety.org/online-event...

Using the Library for your research, but not sure where to start? We've got just the thing Join us for an open day where our expert curatorial, research and reference teams will give you an introduction into areas of the collection and top tips on using our services Find out more link.bl.uk/4fd839

Please share the above link widely @mndassoc.bsky.social @headwayuk.bsky.social @fndhope.bsky.social @alzheimersresearchuk.org @parkinsons.org.uk @cureparkinsons.org.uk @hda.org.uk We also have the survey available as a Word doc - email denpru@exeter.ac.uk

Take part in an event on death and dying in settings such as hospitals, hospices, homes and at work. Call for Papers by 13 October for ‘Everyday Deaths’, a BSA Social Aspects of Death Dying and Bereavement Study Group Annual Symposium, 10 December, University of Bath tinyurl.com/4yary86s