ForthcomingIn preparation
Identity After the Uniform — protocol paper
A methods paper setting out the research design, measures and ethical framework for the flagship programme.
Research
Evidence behind everything we say.
AURIS Institute is exploring Identity Performance Psychology — the study of how identity shapes human performance, behaviour and wellbeing through transition and change. Our research is applied, practitioner-led and openly published.
Our field of inquiry
Identity Performance Psychology.
AURIS Institute is exploring Identity Performance Psychology through a connected set of projects:
- Identity After the Uniform
- Identity, transition and belonging
- Human performance
- Identity change
- Behaviour and wellbeing
- Organisational transition
- Evidence-led framework development
Why this matters
Identity, transition and belonging sit in a quiet gap between clinical care, employment support and lived experience.
Why AURIS
Our research is led by practitioners and co-designed with the communities it studies. We do not study people from a distance.
What to do next
Read the current themes below, or get in touch about a research collaboration.
Flagship programme
Identity After the Uniform.
Our central research stream asks a simple question: what happens to identity when the role that shaped it ends or changes?
The programme combines qualitative interviews, validated measures and longitudinal follow-up with veterans, serving personnel, emergency-service staff, NHS staff and their families. Outputs will be published openly here as they are ready.
A dedicated programme page with full methodology, ethics statement and outputs is in preparation.
Published papers
Peer-reviewed and open publications.
As papers are published, they will be listed here with citations and open-access links where available.
ForthcomingIn preparation
Belonging as a clinical outcome
Early findings from work with NHS frontline staff on identity, belonging and recovery.
Forthcoming—
Placeholder — peer-reviewed paper
Citation, abstract and open-access link will appear here on publication.
Current projects
Live research streams.
Short summaries of work in progress. We will add partner organisations, ethical approval references and outputs as they are confirmed.
In progress
Identity transition in service-leavers
Qualitative interviews with recent service-leavers across the UK armed forces.
In progress
Moral injury and recovery
Co-designed study with emergency-service and NHS partners exploring meaning-making after morally complex events.
In progress
Family systems and military life
Working with partners and family-members on belonging across deployment, transition and return.
Future publications
What is coming next.
An honest roadmap. Dates are indicative and will be confirmed as projects mature.
- Year 1
Protocol paper
Methods and ethics for Identity After the Uniform.
- Year 1–2
Qualitative findings
First wave of interview-based outputs.
- Year 2
Outcome measures
Validation work on identity and belonging measures.
- Year 2–3
Practitioner guide
Open-access guidance for clinicians, coaches and managers.
Interviews
Conversations with practitioners and participants.
Interviews and podcast conversations from the AURIS programme. New episodes are added here as they are published.
Featured interview
AURIS on Spotify — featured conversation
A conversation on identity, transition and the work behind AURIS. Listen on Spotify.
Research ethics
How we hold the work.
- All research follows recognised ethical frameworks and, where appropriate, formal institutional review.
- Participation is voluntary. Consent is informed, ongoing and can be withdrawn at any time.
- Identifying information is protected. Anonymisation is the default, not the exception.
- Findings are returned to participating communities, not only to journals.
- Where evidence is early, we say so. We do not overclaim.
Research FAQ
Working with the AURIS research programme.
Take the next gentle step.
Book a discovery call to speak with our team, or open the app and begin in your own time. There is no wrong starting point.