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Identity in Occupational Transition
Evidence, Research and Future Directions for UK Policy
Support after service is usually measured by jobs, study, housing and health. This review asks a further question: should we also look at identity?
It draws on work from several fields, including how people change, how services are put in place, and what people say about their own lives.
The report does not claim this is settled. It asks for more research, careful testing and an open policy debate.
- Author
- Gemma Gardner
- Publication
- Parliamentary Evidence Review
- Version
- 1.0
- Year
- 2026
- Status
- Published
- Evidence control
- AURIS Master Evidence Repository v1.5
- Claim control
- Master Claim Register, 60 controlled claims
The published papers behind this work
These papers underpin the development of Identity Performance Psychology and the AURIS Identity System™.
- Supporting paper
The Science of Sustainable Human Change
An Integrated Identity Performance Psychology Model for Behavioural Stability, Self-Trust and Long-Term Transformation
View PublicationGemma Gardner · 2026
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19495441
- Supporting paper
Identity Performance Psychology: White Paper Vol. 2
How Identity, Regulation, Behaviour and Meaning Drive Sustainable Human Performance
View PublicationGemma Gardner · 2026
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19818258
- Supporting paper
Behavioural Change Through Structured Awareness
An Applied Study of the AURIS Identity System
View PublicationGemma Gardner · 2026
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19918563
About this research
Our research draws on several fields: how identity works, how people change, how services are put in place, and what people tell us in their own words.
We always separate three things: what the evidence already shows, what is our own new thinking, and what our early findings suggest.
Identity Performance Psychology and the AURIS Identity System™ are still being developed. They need more testing, and review by people outside AURIS.
This research is not presented as clinical guidance, psychological treatment or crisis support.
How to cite this work
Please use the citations below when referencing AURIS publications in academic, policy or professional work.
Gardner, G. (2026). Identity in Occupational Transition: Evidence, Research and Future Directions for UK Policy (v2.0 Master, full report and appendices). AURIS Identity System™.
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