Disposals and dead-ends in lineages of social innovation and change

LINLOSS aims to understand how ways of life discarded at moments of crisis and uncertainty shape the futures of individuals, families and communities. The research will trace experiences of social loss across two communities in Ireland and Poland. LINLOSS is funded by a European Research Council grant and led by Professor Jane Gray at Maynooth University.

Lineages of social loss

Meanings and events surrounding loss within

  • Cultural change across generations
  • The evolution of social networks over time
  • Individual biographical projects

Comparing lineages

Disposal and innovation during shared crises to explain how loss affects social change

Developing a theory of social loss

Common patterns underpinning diverse forms and experiences of loss

Breaking new ground

Open a new window on social change
New approach to tracing connections across societal and temporal scales
Theorize loss as a hitherto unrecognized social form