Abstract submission is now closed.
Notifications to authors will be done in early April 2026.
Timeline:
30th October 2025 - abstract handling opens
17th January 2026 - Deadline for submissions - NB - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 9 FEBRUARY
Early April 2026 - Notification to authors
EGC welcomes a broad range of abstracts on bereavement and grief-related topics with a focus on research, education/policy or practice. At this conference, we particularly welcome papers reflecting on the following themes of bereavement and grief: Global challenges; Family challenges; Funeral practices and burials; and Art’s.
Presentation types
- Oral presentation (20 minutes, for example 15 minutes talk + 5 minutes discussion)
- This format encourages individual presenters to submit talks focused on their level of expertise in the field. The Scientific Committee will thematically organize all individual talks and arrange them into 60 minutes sessions to include three 20-minute individual presentations.
- Symposium (a 90-minute session composed of three to four individual presentations (approximately 15 minutes each), followed by a 20-minute moderated discussion. A designated moderator will introduce the speakers, manage time, and facilitate the post-presentation dialogue. All presentations within the symposium should address a shared thematic focus. Priority will be given to submissions that bring together diverse perspectives, methodologies, or disciplinary approaches. Symposium proposals must include:
- An overarching abstract outlining the symposium theme and naming the 3/4 other presentations. Max 750 words is allowed.
- The name of the moderator
- Individual abstracts for each of the presentations with a clear reference to the joint symposium submission
- Poster presentation
- Posters will be displayed during the conference and presented by the respective researcher/practitioner in the Poster Session in the Conference days.
Abstract proposal requirements
Max 250 words (excluding title and references), including relevant citations. The overall symposia abstract can be 750 words.
The abstract proposal should explain the topic of your presentation, and describe why the material, research, practice, or policy is important to the field of bereavement and grief in a European context.
Abstracts should include the following headings:
- Title
- Background
- Rationale
- Design
- Results
- Conclusion
List at least three but no more than five references.
Indicate on your abstract submission the preferred type of presentation
- Oral presentation
- Symposium
- Poster presentation
Indicate the type of focus
- Research: for example, presentation of original research findings, how they offer a new perspective or inform or link to existing research and theory.
- Practice: for example, describing a promising new and innovative intervention or program, including experiential activities.
- Policy/Education: for example, describing a new bereavement-related policy or initiative, or law
Indicate if your abstract relates to
- grief in society (Level 0)
- the universal experience of grief (Level 1)
- providing services in a volunteer/community space (Level 2)
- complex and complicated grief (Level 3).
The indicated Level from the Bereavement Care Pyramid will be used by the reviewers in constructing the conference programe. Reviewers may on occasion move an abstract to a different level.
Presenter information
The following information should be submitted for the presenter(s):
First name, last name, highest degree/designation, affiliation, country, e-mail address.
Review process
Abstract proposals will be evaluated through a blind peer review process. The review will look at the clarity of content, quality and rigour, interest, and usefulness of content to conference attendees, relationship to the Bereavement Network Europe’s mission and to the Grief Conference vision and purpose. Priority will be given to abstracts using European data.
The abstract review committee reserves the right to make the final determination regarding the classification of your presentation in terms of the focus (research, practice, policy/education) and relevant track (Level 0 – 3)
Questions
For questions or additional information, please write to
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See all abstracts from 2024 Conference here