Care and Caring
BSA Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Study Group Annual Symposium
16 December 2025 (9.30am-4.30pm)
University of Nottingham, UK
About the Event
The British Sociological Association’s Death, Dying and Bereavement Study Group is delighted to announce their upcoming symposium on the theme of Care and Caring. This event will explore the complex and relational practices, meanings, and experiences of care in the context of death, dying, and bereavement.
Presentations will critically engage with care in the context of death and dying in its many forms - professional, familial, voluntary, mutual, community and self-care - and the ways these practices are shaped by social, cultural, political, and economic contexts.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- Caring for the dying across different settings (hospitals, hospices, homes, community)
- Emotional, physical, and spiritual labour in end-of-life care
- Care relationships in the context of grief and loss
- Inequalities and ethics in access to care
- Experiences of carers and caring networks
- Care work during public health crises
- Cultural narratives and representations of care in death and bereavement
- Policy, practice, and the future of care at the end of life
- Roles of technology in the care of the dying and bereaved
We look forward to bringing together researchers, practitioners, and others with an interest in the sociological dimensions of care and caring at the end of life.
Registration
- BSA Member: £25
- Non-member: £30
- BSA Concessionary Member: £20
Key Dates
- Abstract submission deadline: midnight on Tuesday, 30 September.
- Abstract outcomes: by Monday, 6 October.
- Event registration opens: Monday, 6 October.
- Symposium: Tuesday, 16 December (9.30-4.30pm).
Contact the convenors (Natalie Richardson and Diana Teggi).
Find out more about the DDB Study Group Page.