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Overview
Thanatology researchers study death, dying, bereavement, mourning practices and the social or psychological questions connected with end-of-life experience.
In job descriptions, look for research design, interviews, historical research, research ethics, data management, academic writing, teaching duties and communication with health, social or community audiences.
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Thanatology research uses social science, psychology, history or ethics to study how people and communities understand death, dying and bereavement. Work may involve interviews, archives, data coding, teaching and careful handling of sensitive material.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include research design, qualitative data collection, research ethics, academic writing, data management and clear presentation of findings. Specializations may focus on grief, end-of-life care, rituals, religion, public policy or historical sources.
Salary context
Salary context depends on research seniority, grant responsibility, teaching load, publication expectations, data responsibility and whether the post is a fixed research project, academic appointment or applied research role.
Career paths
Common development can move through research assistance, doctoral study, project coordination, teaching, interdisciplinary social research, policy work, bereavement research or leadership of funded studies.
Good to know
Check which population, method and setting the vacancy names. Clear adverts state whether the role involves interviews, archival work, ethics review, teaching, data management, publications or communication with practitioners.
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Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities
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72.2Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities
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Occupation group
Sociologists, anthropologists and related professionals (2632)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9851c83c-5670-4da0-964a-1ef0e682e30b |
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| ESCO code | 2632.7 |
| ISCO group | 2632 |
| Concept type | Occupation |