PhD Project

'Twenty years in Afghanistan': An exploration of narratives of Operation Herrick told over time

Chloe Storer, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

This study aims to explore how soldiers' narratives have changed over time, and the factors which influence them. Research to date has not explored Service personnel's' mental health experiences using …

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A nature-based intervention to improve mental health: Efficacy of an angling intervention for military Veterans and emergency service personnel with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Dr Nicholas Cooper

Currently recruiting

This project aims to conduct a full-scale randomised controlled study powered to provide definitive evidence of the efficacy of the nature-based, group angling intervention for military Veterans and …

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PhD Project

ADVANCE-CIRCUIT: Combat injury-related challenges to sexual intimacy

Anna Verey

This study has one overarching objective: that individuals who sustain occupational injuries which lead to the development of sexual dysfunction are enabled to lead the most fulfilling lives possible. …

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ADVANCE-INVEST: Armed Services trauma rehabilitation outcome study - injured Veterans' experiences of transition study

King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

This study aims to identify factors affecting transition outcomes (in terms of health, well-being, and economic stability) of those who were injured on the battlefield in Afghanistan. This will go on …

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PhD Project

ADVANCE-SLEEP: Sleep health after sustaining serious physical combat injuries and the impact on mental and physical health: a mixed-methods analysis on the ADVANCE study cohort

Grace Williamson

This PhD project aims to examine sleep health after sustaining serious physical combat injuries and the impact on physical and mental health outcomes within the ADVANCE study cohort.

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ADVANCE: Armed Services trauma rehabilitation outcomes study

King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

The ADVANCE research project aims to study, prospectively, the incidence of a very wide variety of physical and psycho-social outcomes including cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, mental health …

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AFFIRM - Planning for the Unplanned

The Centre for Military Research Education and Public Engagement, Professor Gerri Matthews-Smith

Currently recruiting

The project will improve understanding, evaluate intervention, enhance partnership working, promote training about the Covenant and the support and care available to veterans to unplanned Public …

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An economic analysis of the impact of UK Armed Forces reservists and veterans on the labour market

RAND Europe

This research aims to inform policymakers and stakeholders about the value of reservists and veterans in the workforce through the provision of both qualitative and quantitative insights.  The study …

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Armed Forces families and children's social care

RAND Europe

This project aims to identify and characterise potential disparities in access to children's social care services between Armed Forces and civilian families and also highlight potential disparities in …

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British Social Attitudes Project

Dr Karishma Jivraj, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

The aim of this research is to understand British public attitudes towards the Armed Forces, including their awareness of the Armed Forces Covenant and support for its principles and perceptions of …

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