Module 4: Cultural concepts and social ideals

Death and dying have attracted a great deal of public interest in recent years. This research area includes questions regarding how death and dying are given meaning, cultural representations of death and dying, and relevant social normalisation processes.

Completed research projects

Alternative religiosity and its consequences at the end of life External Link Icon

Alternative religiosity and its consequences at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-lueddeckens

Prof. Dr. Dorothea Lüddeckens, Dr. phil. Rafael Walthert, Prof. Dr. Helmut Zander

End of life and diversity in nursing homes External Link Icon

End of life and diversity in nursing homes

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-znoj

Prof. Dr. Heinzpeter Znoj, Dr. Corina Salis Gross

End-of-life in prison: legal context, institutions and actors External Link Icon

End-of-life in prison: legal context, institutions and actors

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-hostettler

Dr. Ueli Hostettler, Dr. Marina Richter, Prof. Dr. Nicolas Queloz

Facing the loss of a parent – how is institutional support interiorised? External Link Icon

Facing the loss of a parent – how is institutional support interiorised?

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-schimmelmann

Prof. Dr. Benno Schimmelmann, Dr. Caroline Grosser

Imagination and communication of trust at the end of life External Link Icon

Imagination and communication of trust at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-buehler

Prof. Dr. Pierre Bühler

Meaning in life, spirituality and personal values at the end of life External Link Icon

Meaning in life, spirituality and personal values at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-borasio

Prof. Dr. Gian Domenico Borasio, Dr. Mathieu Bernard, Dr. Claudia Gamondi, Dr. Florian Strasser