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In this research centre, we will specifically examine grief experiences, but also the cultural setting and conception of happiness and distress within which grief is situated in our time. The focus on grief will lead the way for a wider analysis of the human condition in our culture, and the research on grief will simultaneously gain from the reflection on the embedding of grief in the cultural setting.
The ambition is to establish an internationally leading research environment regarding research on grief concerning all of the most substantial psychological, cultural and clinical aspects of grief.
The ambition is to grasp the many facets of grief, both in order to achieve a thorough comprehension of the phenomenon, but also in terms of being able to take a qualified position of the diagnosis and treatment of grief in order to improve community services to people in grief.
According to WHO, a new diagnosis is expected to be added to the list of diagnoses in 2018, “prolonged grief disorder”. The implementation of this new diagnostic grief category will provide a unique opportunity for studying the ongoing changes in the human conception on grief specifically, and suffering and happiness more generally. How can the current cultural conception of grief be comprehended? What does it mean to introduce a new diagnosis? How will the conception of grief evolve during the following years?
The research centre is expected to be globally significant in the following three fields:
- Grief research as such
- Research on the psychological and sociological influence of psychiatric diagnoses specifically regarding the coming grief diagnosis
- cultural analysis committed to analyses of types of human suffering, where experiences of suffering (notably grief) is used to open up for a comprehension of the cultural situation as such.
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Psychology
Medicine & Life Sciences
Grief
Medicine & Life Sciences
grief
Social Sciences
cultural psychology
Social Sciences
Emotions
Medicine & Life Sciences
psychology
Social Sciences
Psychological Theory
Medicine & Life Sciences
Interviews
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Profiles
Svend Brinkmann
- The Faculty of Humanities - Professor
- Department of Communication and Psychology - Professor
- Vidensgruppen Qualitative Studies - Professor
- Centre for Cultural Psychology
- Center for Kvalitative Studier
- The culture of grief
Person: VIP
Ester Holte Kofod
- The Faculty of Humanities - Research assistant, Postdoc, Assistant Professor
- Department of Communication and Psychology - Research assistant, Postdoc, Assistant Professor
- Vidensgruppen Qualitative Studies - Postdoc, Assistant Professor
- The culture of grief
Person: VIP
Ignacio Bresco de Luna
- The Faculty of Humanities - Associate Professor
- Department of Communication and Psychology - Associate Professor
- Vidensgruppen Qualitative Studies - Associate Professor
- Centre for Cultural Psychology
- The culture of grief
Person: VIP
Projects 2017 2022
Unges mentale helbred i præstationssamfundet: Skoleliv, køn og sociale medier
Krogh, S. C., Faber, S. T. & Petersen, A.
15/05/2019 → 14/05/2022
Project: Research
Kampen om lykken: perspektiver, potentialer, problemer
Sköld, A. T. B. & Brinkmann, S.
01/08/2018 → 01/04/2020
Project: Research
THE CULTURE OF GRIEF: The affective logic and grief (SORGENS KULTUR: SORGENS AFFEKTIVE LOGIK)
01/01/2017 → …
Project: Research
Research Output 2002 2022
Body and Symbol: Revitalising the Cultural-Organismic Theory of Development
Wagoner, B. & Valsiner, J., 2022, (In preparation) Cambridge University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
The Culture of Nature: Zoos in Society
Wagoner, B., Jensen, E. & Moss, A., 2022, (In preparation) Oxford University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
'Clap alomg if you feel like a room without a roof': Understanding the pursuit of happiness as ideology
Petersen, A., 2020, I N. Hill, S. Brinkmann, & A. Petersen (red.), Critical Happiness Studies (s. 35-48). London: Routledge.. Routledge, p. 35-47 18 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Institute for Advanced Studies Lyon Research Fellowship
Brady Wagoner (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other prizes
Activities 2014 2019
Qualitative Psychology (Journal)
Svend Brinkmann (Peer reviewer)10 Sep 2019
Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
Learning to grieve
Svend Brinkmann (Lecturer)19 Aug 2019 → 23 Aug 2019
Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
ISTP
Anne Emilie Sanders (Participant), Luca Tateo (Participant)19 Aug 2019 → 23 Aug 2019
Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
Press / Media
Program offentliggjort: Stærke profiler gæster ny demokratifestival - mange prominente navne
07/02/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media