Kate Woodthorpe is Professor in Sociology at the Centre for Death and Society, the University of Bath.Jeremy Dixon is a Reader in Social Work at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE) at Cardiff University.

• Introduction: Innovation at the end of life 1. Digital afterlife leaders: professionalisation as a social innovation in the digital afterlife industry 2. Contemporary responses in Africa to the aftermath of death: developments and decolonising challenges 3. Tree burials as undefined spatial alternatives for graves in France: stakes and constraints of nature-based concessions within French funerary regulations 4. Saying hello again rather than a long goodbye: a novel way of addressing pre-death grief and facilitating continuing bonds for dementia caregivers 5. Ayahs at the deathbed re-visioning elder care: bereavement support and anchorage for in-home dying older adults in urban India 6. An exploration of sociopolitical grief 7. Resonance and alienation in dying 8. Decolonising the aftermath of death in UK contexts: theoretical approaches, institutional ‘constraints’, and everyday experiences 9. ‘If I break your leg, you won’t ask me to fix it for you’: innovative explorations in ‘decolonising’ UK bereavement services 10. Grief, choice and digital technology use: how bereaved people use digital technologies to support their grief 11. Walking amongst the dead: learning on the move 12. Improvising end-of-life with young children: death/s and its absolute 13. Examining the role of card game in promoting death awareness in Thailand 14. Critical approaches to death studies: a conversation

Kate Woodthorpe is Professor in Sociology at the Centre for Death and Society, the University of Bath.Jeremy Dixon is a Reader in Social Work at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE) at Cardiff University.

• Introduction: Innovation at the end of life 1. Digital afterlife leaders: professionalisation as a social innovation in the digital afterlife industry 2. Contemporary responses in Africa to the aftermath of death: developments and decolonising challenges 3. Tree burials as undefined spatial alternatives for graves in France: stakes and constraints of nature-based concessions within French funerary regulations 4. Saying hello again rather than a long goodbye: a novel way of addressing pre-death grief and facilitating continuing bonds for dementia caregivers 5. Ayahs at the deathbed re-visioning elder care: bereavement support and anchorage for in-home dying older adults in urban India 6. An exploration of sociopolitical grief 7. Resonance and alienation in dying 8. Decolonising the aftermath of death in UK contexts: theoretical approaches, institutional ‘constraints’, and everyday experiences 9. ‘If I break your leg, you won’t ask me to fix it for you’: innovative explorations in ‘decolonising’ UK bereavement services 10. Grief, choice and digital technology use: how bereaved people use digital technologies to support their grief 11. Walking amongst the dead: learning on the move 12. Improvising end-of-life with young children: death/s and its absolute 13. Examining the role of card game in promoting death awareness in Thailand 14. Critical approaches to death studies: a conversation

Kate Woodthorpe is Professor in Sociology at the Centre for Death and Society, the University of Bath.Jeremy Dixon is a Reader in Social Work at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE) at Cardiff University.

• Introduction: Innovation at the end of life 1. Digital afterlife leaders: professionalisation as a social innovation in the digital afterlife industry 2. Contemporary responses in Africa to the aftermath of death: developments and decolonising challenges 3. Tree burials as undefined spatial alternatives for graves in France: stakes and constraints of nature-based concessions within French funerary regulations 4. Saying hello again rather than a long goodbye: a novel way of addressing pre-death grief and facilitating continuing bonds for dementia caregivers 5. Ayahs at the deathbed re-visioning elder care: bereavement support and anchorage for in-home dying older adults in urban India 6. An exploration of sociopolitical grief 7. Resonance and alienation in dying 8. Decolonising the aftermath of death in UK contexts: theoretical approaches, institutional ‘constraints’, and everyday experiences 9. ‘If I break your leg, you won’t ask me to fix it for you’: innovative explorations in ‘decolonising’ UK bereavement services 10. Grief, choice and digital technology use: how bereaved people use digital technologies to support their grief 11. Walking amongst the dead: learning on the move 12. Improvising end-of-life with young children: death/s and its absolute 13. Examining the role of card game in promoting death awareness in Thailand 14. Critical approaches to death studies: a conversation