Dear colleagues As the new convenor of the British Sociological Association study group 'The Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement' (DDB for short), I am emailing as part of a scoping exercise to find out about sociologists undertaking research or teaching in this area, both in the UK and abroad. If you are a sociologist by training or work within the social sciences more generally I would be very grateful if you could contact me at [log in to unmask] and tell me a little about what you are researching on or teach about death. My aim ultimately is to share information about colleagues' activities on the study group webpage (address below) so interested parties can know where the sociology of death is being taught, find out about PhD students' work and what sociologists in this area are currently researching. Of course, I would not put anything on the webpage without your permission. I would appreciate it if you could circulate this email to your colleagues who are working in this area. Many thanks in advance and look forward to hearing from you Kate For further details about the group please follow the link below: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/MedSocDDB.htm