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UK Armed Forces Research

Ongoing Research

The Ongoing Research page provides a searchable directory of UK Armed Forces community research currently being conducted by various researchers and research centres. By providing information about current research, the purpose is to minimise duplication, maximise knowledge growth, raise awareness of what evidence is in the pipeline, and encourage collaboration among those with shared interests. If you would like your research added to this page email team@centreforevidence.org  

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PhD Project

Exploring the experiences of military mobility for young people from British Army and RAF families, both overseas and within England.

Siobhan Cambridge, Veterans & Families Institute for Military Social Research

The purpose of this research is to explore and understand the experiences of military mobility through the perspectives of young people, aged between 14-18, from British Army and RAF families, who …

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Education / Training Family / Relationships Well-Being

Female Veterans Transformation Programme

Liza Jarvis

The aim of this programme is to transform service provision for female Veterans. …

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Mental Health Well-Being
PhD Project

How does the gendered labour market impact social construction and culture development in the Royal Air Force? An intersectional perspective

Amy Hill

By using the subjective experiences of serving and veteran RAF personnel, and an intersectional perspective with a gendered lens, this research aims to examine how the negotiation and marginalisation …

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Well-Being
PhD Project

Inside out: Examining the integration of women and LGBTQ+ personnel in the UK Armed Forces through an ontological security lens

Tara Zammit

The aim of this project is to address a gap in understanding regarding how diverse personnel navigate their time in the UK Armed Forces. It explores how their service impacts their sense of self and …

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Well-Being

Our Health, Our Community, Our Voice

The primary aim is to co-produce a MCCYP specific SDH screening tool within the context of military life, to identify and reduce inequalities within the military connected children and young …

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Education / Training Family / Relationships Finance Mental Health Physical Health Well-Being
PhD Project

Social support in combat-exposed military personnel

Laura E Grover, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

This project seeks to understand the impact of combat injury on social support and how social support changes over the course of the lifetime, following combat deployment. Additionally it will explore …

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Well-Being

The FemBER-Vet project: Identifying endocrinological, lifestyle and psychosocial determinants of female veteran brain health outcomes for future intervention success

Professor Glyn Howatson, Dr Paul Ansdell, Dr Gill McGill, Dr Chinedu Udeh-Momoh, The Northern Hub For Veterans and Military Families Research

This feasibility study will create an innovative highly-phenotyped readiness cohort of female Veterans to assess the impacts of, and risks associated with, military Service on brain health. 

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Mental Health Physical Health Well-Being
PhD Project

The health and well-being of UK LGBTQ+ Serving and ex-Serving military personnel who joined and served in the post-ban era

Sarah Rabin, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

This research study aims to quantitatively explore the prevalence rates of health and well-being outcomes among UK LGBTQ+ Serving and ex-Serving military members, along with the risk and protective …

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Mental Health Physical Health Well-Being
PhD Project

The perinatal mental health lived experiences of non-serving British Army mothers. A Longitudinal Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (LIPA) study.

Lyndsay Spencer

To identify the essence of the phenomena of motherhood within the non-Serving British Army community, within the perinatal period. …

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Family / Relationships Mental Health Physical Health Well-Being

UNITS SOCIAL: Understanding Needs and Interventions for the Treatment of Scarring (UNITS): Self-help for Overcoming Challenges in Interpersonal and Associated Life Situations (SOCIAL)

Dr Mary Keeling, RAND Europe

The research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the self-help guide for managing difficult social situations among UK ex-Service personnel with AAI. The proposed evaluation has the potential for …

Mental Health Well-Being

UNTANGLE: Understanding how TBI-related changes in fluid biomarkers affect quality of life outcomes in Veterans

Professor Zubair Ahmed

This project aims to understand the changes that occur after TBI in military Veterans and correlate these with blood tests, saliva biomarkers, changes in vision, clinical assessments of mental health …

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Mental Health Physical Health Well-Being

Veteran Connection Programme

Veteran Connection Project Research Team

Currently recruiting

To evaluate/establish: …

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Well-Being