Loss & Grief Research Group

Located in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, the Loss and Grief research group is one of the original member groups of Social Sciences ConneXions Research Institute.  

The aim of the Loss and Grief research group is to support and encourage creative social sciences research in the areas of grief and loss across the lifespan in Ireland and internationally. 
 
We support and promote research around traditional topics such as death, bereavement, mourning, and suicide, but also focus on how human beings experience non-death related losses.  The group provides support, assistance, and opportunities for collaboration and reflection on current research practice and approaches in bereavement and end-of-life.  A particular emphasis of our research is around increasing public awareness of the effects of loss, and growing individual and community capacities in death and grief literacy.  Influenced by the discipline of thanatology, the group takes a unique interdisciplinary approach towards the examination of grief and loss in Ireland as it is encountered in various life events.  We lead and collaborate on projects that bring socially-engaged, creative arts-based events and projects to the public as a way to acknowledge, understand, honour and transmute experiences of grief and loss. 

Key Research Areas                   

Experiences of loss and grief, both death-related and non-death related, across the lifespan. 

Overview of Research Activity 

The Loss and Grief group has led postgraduate research projects resulting in MA and PhD awards and community research projects on behalf of several partnering organisations. 

Principal Investigator: Ms Jennifer Moran Stritch