Identity After the Uniform
A long-term qualitative study of how identity changes when a defining role ends, drawing on interviews across the military, emergency services and healthcare.
Data collection ongoingResearch · Current
What we are studying right now.
Our research programme is deliberately slow. We collect evidence first, interpret it second and make recommendations third.
Service Provider Identity Adaptation
Extending the model beyond leaving-service to the ongoing adaptation people make while still in role.
Published, in extensionPartner Pilots
Evidence-informed pilots with Trafford Veterans CIC, Red Rose Recovery and Out in the Bay, testing the AURIS Identity System in delivery settings.
In deliveryInterviews coded
38 of 108
Recorded, transcribed and thematically coded. This is an emerging pattern, not a proven result.
Share of the planned sample
35%
The planned sample of 108 interviews is fixed.
Published outputs from this programme are listed under publications.
Where this connects
This sits closest to the After Service pathway.
Leaving the military: what happens to who you are?
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Introduction to AURISDiscover how identity adapts and where rebuilding really begins.
The pathway for this situation
After ServiceFor service leavers and anyone leaving a long structured career. A free introduction, then four courses on delay, job churn, rank and rebuilding meaning.
No single course matches this reading closely enough to name one, so the specialist courses are listed on the pathway page instead.
Interested in collaborating?
We welcome contact from researchers, practitioners and organisations who can help test and strengthen the evidence base.