This list includes organisations around the world with a direct interest in disposing the dead and has been sorted according to category.
Descriptor information has been provided by the organisations themselves or is derived from their website. Most of these organisations have websites that are resource-rich and well-worth visiting.
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Arbeitskreis Thanatologie provides a forum for social and interdisciplinary work on death, dying and disposal in German-speaking countries.
Represents researchers whose research covers cemeteries and the most diverse manifestations about death and dying in Brazil.
This member association links people working in the funeral industry across Latin America particularly and more globally.
The Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) was founded in 1977 for the purpose of furthering the study and preservation of gravestones.
The Association for the Study of Death and Society (ASDS) promotes the study of death in the arts, humanities, social and allied sciences.
The ANBG supports the establishment of, and professional practice in, natural burial grounds in the UK.
ASCE a network of public and private organisations that own and manage cemeteries considered to be of historical or artistic importance.
ACCA provides leadership, professional services and communication to the cemetery and crematorium industry.
A network of death studies scholars across disciplinary and institutional boundaries within Australia.
BACSA holds a database of European cemeteries and burials in Undivided India and elsewhere in South Asia up to 1947.
A charity supporting groups and individuals who are interested in exploring, maintaining, and appreciating burial grounds of all types in the UK.
The Centre for Death and Life Studies (CDALS) exists to foster and conduct research into life-values, beliefs and practices that relate to living and dying.
The Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) provides an environment for those interested in death studies to learn from each other and share their research and experience.
The CRDS is an international, professional, organisation formed to decolonize Death Studies and radicalize death practice.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission protects and preserves the burial sites of combatants from World War I and World War II.
CANA is an international organization of over 3,500 members, composed of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematories, industry suppliers, and consultants.
A UK charity promoting cremation nationally and internationally
Publishes research papers in the areas of bereavement and loss, death attitudes and education, grief therapy, suicide and end-of-life issues.
The Death Studies Podcast is a platform for the diversity of voices in, around and contributing to the academic field of Death Studies.
DeathLAB engages life, death, and environmental consequence to strengthen social cohesion and accountability across generations.
