The Centre for Death & Society (CDAS) was established in September 2005 and is based in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences at the University of Bath.

Our internationally recognised research on social aspects of death, dying and bereavement focuses on:

• the experiences of people facing death and bereavement
• practice and policy concerning the dying, the dead, and the bereaved
• how end-of-life practices require yet can also foster community development
• relationships between the living and the dead
• how all this is influenced by economics, politics, inequality, social networks, technology and culture.