Freedom without structure
Retirement removes structure, rhythm and recognised role in one step. People who have planned financially can still find themselves untethered.
Where AURIS fits
AURIS gives retirement the same seriousness given to any other identity transition: structure, language, regulation and reconnection.
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About the author
Gemma Gardner
Founder and Research Lead, AURIS Institute
Gemma Gardner leads the AURIS research programme on identity and occupational transition. Her work builds the evidence base behind the AURIS Framework and the Identity System, drawing on interviews with service leavers, families and the organisations that support them.
- Lead author, Identity Performance Psychology white paper series
- Principal investigator, AURIS identity adaptation interview programme
- Author of AURIS submissions on identity in occupational transition
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