Louise Richardson and @pfvelasco.bsky.social's paper 'Ecological Grief as a Shared Emotion' is now published in Emotion Review! The paper assesses (and ultimately endorses) the claim that grief felt in relation to ecological losses is a shared emotion. doi.org/10.1177/1754.... #philsky

In a new paper, Louise Richardson argues that regret is a feeling of discomfort when real life seems worse than how things might (have) be(en). The account makes sense of different kinds of regret, helps us manage regret, and has interesting broader consequences. Read it here: t.ly/8_1s0

We feel the moral tug of grief -- but how can there be a duty to grieve the dead? Delighted to have this paper coming out with Jordan MacKenzie, arguing the duty is rooted in 'practical fidelity'. Look for it in Free and Equal in coming months! philpapers.org/rec/CHOGAA-3 @griefyork.bsky.social

New paper alert! Project member Louise Richardson's paper 'An encompassing account of regret' has been accepted for publication in the journal Inquiry. www.academia.edu/143418977/An... #Philosophy #PhilSky

Louise Richardson will be taking part in a 'Death Cafe' event at the Friends' Meeting House in Malton tomorrow Wednesday 13th, 9.30-11am. Death Cafes provide space for people to engage in open, meaningful conversations about death. (1/3)

"When we grieve, we mourn the most precious things that we have lost. But poetry helps us to not only preserve them, but to transform them." Ali Hammoud in @theguardian.com on the capacity of poetry to help us in grief. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How might AI change the course of someone's grief? Project member Louise Richardson is quoted in this article in @theguardian.com, on the growing phenomenon of “digital resurrection”. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... #PhilosophyOfGrief #Grief #Philosophy

According to Camil Golub in this new paper in Ratio, a narrative approach to grief can solve a longstanding philosophical puzzle about its rationality. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PhilSky

"When we talk about the things that really matter — love, death, commitment, grief — with people we really care about, we give ourselves and each other permission to be ever-so-slightly less burdened by death and live more freely in the process." www.vox.com/advice/42078...

"Every time I hear that song now when I’m on a football pitch. I look to the spot where she’d be dancing away, and I think of her. Sometimes it makes me feel good. Sometimes it crushes me." Beth Mead on losing her Mum. www.theplayerstribune.com/beth-mead-ws...

We collaborated on this animation that captures some of the ways in which grief was affected by social restrictions during the pandemic: www.uncleginger.com/grief-the-pa...

Short film, 'Camp Widow': "This moving short documentary takes viewers inside a Camp Widow retreat, where those who’ve lost a partner are given an opportunity to connect and access resources to help them navigate this life stage." aeon.co/videos/grief...

Good to see former project member @eabyrne.bsky.social's work on grief and chronic illness getting some attention over on instagram, via Jessica Dore: www.instagram.com/p/DMVE5r0u-k...

"People experiencing traumatic bereavement..may be haunted by disturbing images, nightmares or relentless thoughts about how their loved one died or suffered. Many wrestle with dread, spiritual disorientation and a shattered sense of safety in the world." theconversation.com/when-grief-i...

According to ‪@birchlse.bsky.social‬,Taylor Swift's lyrics "can be connected to contemporary philosophical discussions of grief in ways that not only heighten appreciation of the songs but also deepen our understanding of grief." philpapers.org/rec/BIRESO #PhilosophyOfGrief #Philosophy

On the experience of bereaved families during the pandemic: "The overarching effect of public health measures, designed to contain the spread of COVID-19, assaulted human interactions in ways that are antithetical to health care and health-caring." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Philosophy of grief keeps growing! Special issue of Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences, 'Grief in the Digital Age', edited by @reginafabry.bsky.social / Marilyn Stendera. Lots to read on deathbots, virtual reality, and computer games! 🤖 rdcu.be/etBpm

Laura from our collaborators Projecting Grief was on BBC Radio York last week, talking about, amongst other things, our Grief Survey and the Picturing Grief project it inspired. Listen here from 18 minutes: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Picturing Grief: www.projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr...

Sending out some #PicturingGrief beermats today. Find out more on the project website: projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr... #grief

'“The film has such a truth to it because it shows that how you grieve is as individual as a fingerprint,” says Roth. “Now with my friends and family I see that everyone is doing and handling that differently and need to be respected for it.”' www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma... #griefinfilm

This week we'd like to shine the spotlight on the Picturing Grief project, which was done in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy (@griefyork.bsky.social). Engage with the beautiful photos, as well as the important resources and purpose behind them www.projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr...

This looks interesting, in the journal Death Studies: '“I could have”: The lived experience of bereavement-related regret', by Allison Y. Yang, Derrick W. Klaassen & Kaori Wada. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Some of our #PicturingGrief postcards spotted in the wild, at York Explore Library and Archive @yorkarchive.bsky.social. www.projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr...

Here's a new paper that engages critically with some of our project work, arguing that grief memoirs are "not phenomenological evidence of lived experiences, but carefully crafted and curated literary artefacts."👇

“It’s a bit of a blur. I felt like a ghost. I was in the world doing things but I wasn’t fully present.” The last image from our #PicturingGrief series with Projecting Grief. www.projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr... #philsky #grief @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social @hrcyork.bsky.social

"My previous world disappeared because the person I did everything (and nothing) with was no longer there.” Our penultimate image and quote from our series Picturing Grief this week, thank you for sticking with us and all your likes, shares and lovely comments. (1/3) #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek

“It is almost like looking through gauze - everything is less defined - colours are less bright, the scent of flowers is not as strong.” Number six in the Picturing Grief series of images. See the whole series and read about the collaboration: www.projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr... (1/3)

“Your heart literally does ache. I didn’t know that.” As well as sharing online, images from our Picturing Grief series have been turned into postcards and coasters and left where people might stumble across them. projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr... #dyingmattersawarenessweek #philsky #grief

Grief imagery can be clichéd. Lilies. Hands. Someone with their head in their hands. With Picturing Grief, Jo and Laura took real people’s words from our Grief Survey and created some intriguing images. The kind of thing that makes you think, “What’s this?” projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr...

“I felt remote; the world felt remote and artificial; I felt like an observer of a ‘story’ in which I was oddly the protagonist.” Image 3 from our collaboration with Projecting Grief See more: www.projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr... #dyingmattersawarenessweek #philsky #grief

“I would look down at my hands and not recognise them.” This is the second image of a series inspired by quotes taken from our Grief Survey. We'll be posting images every day this week for #dyingmattersawarenessweek More: projectinggrief.com/picturing-gr... #philsky #grief

✨Announcing Picturing Grief: a collaborative project with Projecting Grief✨ Projecting Grief have produced a series of images to raise awareness of our Grief Survey: a rich searchable database of first-person testimonies of grief. (1/2)

Grief is profound. But for some, there is prolonged grief disorder—a diagnosable mental health condition. Read a new Review on the condition, in The Lancet’s latest issue ➡️ tinyurl.com/29duwu7c

Jessica Dore's latest 'Offering' (her substack newsletter) is an interview with Matthew Ratcliffe! jessicadore.substack.com #philsky #grief

Call for Papers: 'Thinking intentionality' (Conference 2025) - Extended deadline Warwick Continental Philosophy Conference June 2025 - The Oculus, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Keynotes: Hanne Jacobs & Joseph Schear. www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/04/17/c... #phenomenology

York’s Louise Richardson will be speaking at this workshop in Grenoble on grief and memory, as well as former project postdoc Emily Hughes! phil-mem.org/events/2025-...

The BSA invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral award in aesthetics, to the value of £30,000 per annum with up to £3,000 additional geographical allowance, to start in the Autumn term 2025.

On grief and memory: "When she died, she took the memory of not one but two childhoods with her – in all their vivid, silly, scattered, doesn’t-matter-but-it-does detail. I feel as though I have lost a witness, someone who can attest to what happened to us both." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How does grief affect us physically? Join us for a webinar w/ brilliant neuroscientist @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social in conversation w/ @leseldawson.bsky.social. We'll celebrate Mary-Frances's new book & explore how to support our bodies & minds during grief: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Daoist philosophy brought to bear on AI ethics in grief: "Drawing on Daoist ideas, this article distinguishes between two importantly different ways to continue a relationship with the deceased and, correspondingly, two kinds of griefbot designs." academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

"Overcoming the sense of grief and loss of postpartum depression or psychosis often involves a personal transformation and the consolidation of a new identity relying on social resources." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Former project postdoc @bexmillar.bsky.social on animal grief for the BBC: "There is some sort of tension where the animal isn't quite able to let go," says Millar. "It's like they're trying to grapple with this new world that they're faced with and trying to come to understand that loss."

Interesting new article in Death Studies, re. grief over non-death loss. The authors report findings "that suggest that grief-related responses may contribute to chronic pain." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... #nondeathloss

Allan Køster presents an "existential framework for understanding loss and grief" in this recent paper. According to Køster, "mourning as a ground attunement provides an existential foundation for experiences of loss." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #grief #philosophy

What does it mean to die and be dead in an age of AI? Join us on campus on 22nd April to find out, with Johanna Sumiala, Emma Carmel and Ben Metcalfe from the Institute for the Augmented Human www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-ai-is-...

Talk of being haunted is commonplace, but the relevant experiences have been neglected by philosophers. Grief project lead Matthew Ratcliffe presented 'On Being Emotionally Haunted by One's Past' as part of @triphilosophy.bsky.social's London Lecture Series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ-W...

I am loving the campaign that the BPA has put together to spread awareness about the value of studying and doing Philosophy. This short video titled “I didn’t know that philosophers did that!” is a fantastic example of, well, what we do #philosophymatters #philofortnight2025

According to Jeanette Winterson, what's 'beautiful and moving' about this AI-written story about grief is its 'understanding of its lack of understanding'. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

The story that led Sam Altman to be for the first time 'really struck by something written by AI' is a piece of metafiction about grief. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic we collaborated with Calling the Shots productions on this short animation for the Arts and Humanities Research Council supported by BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine. www.uncleginger.com/grief-the-pa... #DayOfReflection