UKRI Policy Support Fund: The future of critical public health deathcare infrastructure in England and Wales

This project will create a research partnership between the Centre for Death and Society and the Institute for Cemetery and Crematorium Management, who together will generate and deliver evidence that will inform the Law Commission’s once-in-a-generation review of critical public health legislation related to the care and disposal of the deceased.

Designed in collaboration with the Law Commission to maximise the relevance for the Commission’s work, the project will conduct research on this critical public health infrastructure, which is under review as a result of growing concerns about its long term sustainability given rising fossil fuel costs, declining land availability, and the growth of new (unregulated) disposal technologies such as alkaline hydrolysis.

This project will create a research partnership between the Centre for Death and Society and the Institute for Cemetery and Crematorium Management, who together will generate and deliver evidence that will inform the Law Commission’s once-in-a-generation review of critical public health legislation related to the care and disposal of the deceased.

Designed in collaboration with the Law Commission to maximise the relevance for the Commission’s work, the project will conduct research on this critical public health infrastructure, which is under review as a result of growing concerns about its long term sustainability given rising fossil fuel costs, declining land availability, and the growth of new (unregulated) disposal technologies such as alkaline hydrolysis.