Everything a journalist, partner or policy team needs to report AURIS research accurately: the report itself, how it was produced, what it does not claim, and who to speak to.
Gemma Gardner has previously appeared in ITV News Border coverage about support for former soldiers leaving the Armed Forces. It is an earlier media appearance, not an endorsement: ITV has not endorsed AURIS, and has not checked or validated any AURIS research or claim.
The question raised in that coverage, what happens to a person when they leave military service, later became the starting point for Identity After the Uniform. That work examines identity adaptation after highly identity-defining roles, and it is where the public conversation turned into recorded, coded research.
A draft audit of the AURIS evidence base: what is verified, what is not, and where the gaps sit.
August 2026 · Published · Peer review: Published without peer review · AURIS Institute
Built from a full audit of the Master Evidence Repository conducted 30 August 2026, cross-checked against Drive-wide search, the Master Filing Registry, and the AURIS Global Research Lead Pipeline. Each source is recorded as evidence, what it establishes, and status, using a GREEN, AMBER and RED tiering for verification.
This document does not claim the evidence base is complete. Findings from the AURIS interview dataset are emerging, not proof: 32 to 34 of 108 planned interviews are coded, and the denominator must always travel with any claim. Eight located sources have had a search-level description only, not a full primary-text read. One statistic, the claim that veterans are 2.5 times more likely to die by suicide in their first year after leaving service, has been downgraded to RED and must not be cited externally until a primary source is found.
These are public professional and client recommendations published on LinkedIn with named attribution. They are personal commentary, not research findings, evidence of efficacy or peer review.
Research interview experienceBeing interviewed by Gemma for her AURIS project was a genuinely positive experience.
Client feedbackI have known Gemma for over a year. I recently became a client of hers through her AURIS framework. I recently left a fundraising role to pursue other avenues. Gemma has helped me enormously to navigate change in my circumstances…
Excerpt from a longer public recommendation. Only the wording that can be verified is shown here.
Professional commentaryGemma is one of the most remarkable people whom I have come across through this site. She has extraordinary perception and understanding of the difficulties of transition from military to civilian life…
Excerpt from a longer public recommendation. Only the wording that can be verified is shown here.
Professional commentaryGemma and I had a great conversation about life after a career and the experiences individuals go through from where they were and the reality of where they are right now.
Excerpt from a longer public recommendation. Only the wording that can be verified is shown here.
The three most recent statements. Every statement, in full, is on the press releases page.
AURIS Institute has published State of the Evidence, version 1.0, a full audit of its Master Evidence Repository setting out plainly which evidence is verified, which is not, which claim was downgraded, and which gaps remain open.
Read the statementGeneral media enquiries, including report requests, go to ben@aurisidentity.com.
We will confirm the verification status of any figure before it is published.
Newsrooms working with the full report can request access in the media portal. Each organisation is approved by a person, and approved journalists who ask to be listed appear in the media directory.
Dates for the whole programme are on the research calendar, the campaign itself is at research campaign, and claims can be traced through the Evidence Hub.
We would rather be quoted accurately than quoted quickly, and we will always tell you what the evidence does not support.
