8 resources
White Papers
Long publications from the AURIS research programme. Every paper says what stage it is at, how it was done and what it cannot yet show. This is the permanent home for AURIS white papers.
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AURIS KNOWLEDGE HUB
Make sense of identity, change and what comes next.
When a role, routine or sense of direction changes, understanding can be a useful first step. Find clear explanations, explore the evidence or read someone else’s perspective.
Find something useful to read ↓Choose how deep you want to go.
- Understand the basics
- Short guides on identity, belonging, purpose and changes in work or life.
- Explore the evidence
- Research updates and full papers, with sources and limitations.
- Read a perspective
- Insights, lived experience and news from AURIS.
Reading is open. You do not need to answer questions or create an account.
THE LIBRARY
What would you like to understand?
Search guides, research, white papers and Insights together. You can read without an account or sharing your story.
50 resources in the library. Page 1 of 9.
Guide · 1 min read
What is Identity?
Identity refers to the organised and evolving sense of who you are across time, roles and relationships. Identity-related processes are associated with how people interpret, decide, regulate and connect, but effects vary by context.
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What is Occupational Transition?
Occupational transition is the structured change of a person's primary role, leaving the military, the NHS, emergency services, elite sport or another high-identity occupation.
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What is Identity Performance Psychology?
Identity Performance Psychology (IPP) is AURIS's proposed applied field of inquiry examining how identity structure, disruption and adaptation interact with regulation, behaviour and sustainable functioning or performance. Its integrated AURIS framework is being tested; the component sciences are established, but the five-pillar sequence and its incremental effects are not yet validated.
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What is the AURIS Identity System?
AURIS is a five-pillar framework, Awareness, Understanding, Regulation, Identity, Stability, designed to support people through identity disruption and occupational transition.
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Why we built the Connection Hub, and what it actually does
A verified, worldwide directory of support organisations, events and opportunities, built into the AURIS Identity System because the research kept showing the same problem: the right support usually exists, it is just hard to find.
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Why Identity Matters
Identity can shape how people understand a change in role, relationships or direction. Explore why it may matter alongside practical needs, without assuming everyone has the same experience.
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Search checks titles, summaries and published text. Topic filters use recorded tags for library articles and matching topic words for Insights.
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6 resources
Foundations
Start here. These cornerstone articles explain identity, occupational transition, Identity Performance Psychology and the AURIS Identity System in clear, evidence-led language.
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Research
An organised home for AURIS publications, pilot programmes and research methods. This section grows as new work is published.
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Psychology
Plain-English explanations of the psychological concepts that sit underneath the AURIS Identity System, from social identity to behaviour change.
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Occupational Transition
Each article focuses on a high-identity transition: what changes, what is commonly missed, and how AURIS supports it.
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Insights and Updates
Essays, research notes, interviews and announcements. Publication dates and content types help you put each piece in context.
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Ideas and experiences to think with.
Essay · 12 November 2026
The Silence Has Ended. But Their Stories Must Never Be Forgotten.
A Remembrance Sunday reflection on the fallen, bereaved families, veterans and serving personnel, and the care that continues after the ceremonies end.
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Essay · 12 November 2026
We Remember Their Service. But Who Remembers Them Afterwards?
A reflection on veteran housing, mental health, funding and community support, with sources, clear limits and questions about life after military service.
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Essay · 24 October 2026
Leaving the role. Finding where you belong.
Identity and belonging after leaving a role, with dated community consultation findings, practical reflection and two separate research invitations.
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Practical pages to use alongside the reading: how to find your way through the hub, what the words mean, how the framework fits together, and the papers behind it.
Find my wayDescribe what is happening or ask directly for research, a course, an event or practical support. Find My Way helps you find relevant governed material without a fixed questionnaire.What is professional identity?A plain English explanation of professional and occupational identity, how it forms through a role and what happens when the role ends.GlossaryPlain English meanings for the words AURIS uses, including identity adaptation.The AURIS frameworkHow Awareness, Understanding, Regulation, Identity and Stability fit together.White papersEach paper states what stage it is at, how it was done and what it cannot yet show.PublicationsAURIS papers and published outputs, with their citations.
ONE USEFUL NEXT STEP
Understanding is a start. Choose what helps next.
Try a practical exercise, browse support near you, or use Find My Way if you would like space to reflect. Sharing your circumstances is optional.
This library provides education and research context. It does not provide a diagnosis, an individual clinical assessment or evidence that AURIS tools work for everyone.