Demographic, social and technological changes are reshaping the end of life, making informed conversation about death increasingly urgent. The Network's purpose is to build public death literacy – supporting people to engage more openly and confidently with dying, grief, and loss.
The MORI Network explores:
Explores the social, cultural, and ethical dimensions of dying and of caring for the dead – spanning end-of-life care, funeral practices, and body disposal methods. Aims to connect with the death-care sector and community to raise awareness of the choices people have at the end of life.
Explores individual and collective experiences of grief and mourning, and how cultural, social, and psychological factors shape them. Aims to open conversations about bereavement and build community confidence in talking about and responding to personal and shared loss.
Engages arts-based, creative, and technological approaches to explore death, dying, and remembrance. Aims to spark innovation, public reflection and new ways of engaging with mortality.
Dr Katrin Gerber
School of Computing Technologies
Dr Peta Murray
School of Media and Communication
Distinguished Professor Larissa Hjorth
School of Media and Communication
Sally Christie
School of Media and Communication
Dr Katrin Gerber
School of Media and Communication; School of Computing Technologies
Distinguished Professor Larissa Hjorth
School of Media and Communication
Chloe Coelho
School of Design
Dr Katrin Gerber
School of Media and Communication; School of Computing Technologies
Dr Peta Murray
School of Media and Communication
Distinguished Professor Larissa Hjorth
School of Media and Communication
To join the network, interested RMIT staff and students can contact the network lead via email (katrin.gerber@rmit.edu.au). They will be asked to complete a brief survey detailing their field of work and areas of interest to determine their alignment with the network’s focus. Members will gain access to events, discussions, collaboration opportunities, and updates on funding and impact initiatives.
MORI is supported by the following Enabling Impact Platforms:
|
|
| Social Change | Understanding human experience on a local, national, and global scale, to benefit and strengthen society. |
| Information in Society | Helping society to understand, shape, and adapt to the disruptions caused by new data sources and information technologies. |
EIPs enable economic, environmental, societal, health and cultural impact with government, business and the community through research and innovation.
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Learn more about our commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
