State Pension age rises are forcing later retirements but younger workers are failing to adjust

Older workers are delaying retirement due to rising State Pension age while younger workers are holding onto unrealistic early retirement hopes.

BBC 4 Thinking Allowed interviews Dr Molly Conisbee from the Centre for Death and Society

Laurie Taylor talks to Dr Molly Conisbee about a people’s history of death - from plague pits to grave-robbing - and how it has shaped society and culture.

CDAS Conference 2025 - Death and transitions - book now!

Tickets are now live for the CDAS Conference 2025 - Death and transitions

University of Bath launches macabre city walk exploring Bath's hidden histories

A new podcast tour from the Centre for Death and Society explores crime, illness, and Bath's hidden, macabre history.

The end of Taylor Swift’s Era’s tour will be a loss for many – here’s how to handle it

Drs Annayah Prosser and Kate Woodthorpe, both Swifties, apply expertise in identity, events and grief to the end of the Eras Tour.

New CDAS book published 'Death and Institutions'

Coming from our 2022 annual conference, we are delighted to say that our edited collection on 'Death and Institutions' is now out!

Doing a PhD with the Centre for Death and Society

Find out more about studying for a PhD with us

About the Centre for Death & Society

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@20 Growing a community

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

CDAS Minerva Lecture

On 13th November 2024 we were delighted to host a University of Bath public Minerva Lecture on ‘Ecological loss and grieving the non-human’

Whose death counts? Social (in)justice and public health in death and dying

Hear from speakers from India, the UK and the US to learn about how death is accounted for, documented, politicised and contested.

CDAS@20 Growing a community

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

A gradual separation from the world: Loneliness in later life

Dr Sam Carr presents some of the distinct features, challenges, and experiences of loneliness that older people shared in 'The Bath Loneliness Project.'

Becoming Bone Buddhas: Remaking Death in Contemporary Japan

In a contemporary Japan, inter-generational Buddhist systems of care for the dead have become increasingly unstable

Sociological Perspectives on Suicide

Joint event by the Centre for Death and Society and the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on the Sociology of Mental Health & Illness