Introduction to AURIS
Start here. Four short lessons on what identity is, why it shifts when a role ends, and how AURIS works.
This page shows what the AURIS research records actually hold behind this course: the coded themes it draws on, the research projects it belongs to and the publications that carry the argument. Nothing is listed here that is not already recorded elsewhere.
Interviews
The programme records 38 coded interviews of a planned 108. The live interview log is still being filled, so this page reports the written programme figure rather than a log count.
See the full research progressThemes behind this course
No coded theme in the interview log names the same ground as this course yet. Coding is under way, and themes will appear here once they are recorded. We do not list themes we cannot show the work behind.
What the course record states
Drawn from the AURIS parliamentary evidence review and the white paper Identity After the Uniform, alongside published work on occupational identity and role exit. Stoic content added 18 August 2026: LeBon, T., Brown, G., DiGiuseppe, R., Karl, J., Fischer, R., & Lopez, G. (2025). The development and validation of the stoic attitudes and behaviours scale. Cognitive Therapy and Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-025-10635-9 Purpose/belonging/community content added 18 August 2026: Wakefield, J.R.H., Bowe, M., & Kellezi, B. et al. (2024). Brothers and sisters in arms. British Journal of Social Psychology; O'Brien, C. et al. (2025). Global Approaches to Supporting Mental Health and Resettlement for Veterans With Embodied Trauma. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research; scoping review (2026), Transitioning to Civilian Life: How Are Life Meaning, Purpose and Identity Related to Wellbeing for Veterans?
Research projects
Published · 2025
Identity in Occupational Transition
The parliamentary evidence review on identity in occupational transition, readable in full in the Research Library with citation details.
Published · 2025
From Transition to Service Provider Identity Adaptation
Repositioning transition as an ongoing process of identity adaptation rather than a single event at the end of service.
Published · 2026
Identity in Global Transition Policy
A six nation audit of what transition policy says, and does not say, about identity.
In delivery · 2026 to ongoing
Partner Pilots: Trafford Veterans CIC, Red Rose Recovery, Out in the Bay
Evidence informed pilots testing the AURIS Identity System in real delivery settings alongside partner organisations.
Published · August 2026
State of the Evidence
A draft audit of the AURIS evidence base: what is verified, what is not, and where the gaps sit.
Publications
- Identity After the Uniform: What the Evidence Tells Me, Where the Gaps Are, and What I'm Doing Next
The wider evidence base, findings from 38 of a planned 108 coded interviews, the current evidence strength of the AURIS framework, and the gaps still open in this work.
- Why AURIS Exists: The Evidence for Identity-Focused Support After the Uniform
AURIS White Paper Vol 5: the evidence base for the Identity After the Uniform programme, with a Trafford Veterans CIC case study.
- Identity After the Uniform
The founding white paper on what happens to identity when a defining role ends.
- State of the Evidence
A draft audit of the AURIS evidence base: what is verified, what is not, and where the gaps sit.
- Identity in Global Transition Policy
A six nation audit of what transition policy says, and does not say, about identity.
- From Transition to Service Provider Identity Adaptation
Repositioning transition as an ongoing process of identity adaptation.
- Identity in Occupational Transition
The parliamentary evidence review, readable in full in the Research Library.