Understanding Low Survey Response Rates Among Young U.S. Military Personnel

Because both scholars and policymakers draw from military personnel survey results, survey participants need to be representative of the population. This research examined response …

War, social media and gender: An analysis of the use of TikTok by Ukrainian soldiers

Abstract: This article examines the intersection of war and gender through a visual analysis of TikTok videos depicting Ukrainian soldiers. Framed as the first TikTok war, the …

Equity in military and Veteran research: Why it is essential to integrate an intersectional sex and gender lens

Abstract: For a long time, it has been assumed that to study military members and Veterans means to study men. Further compounding the problem, military and Veteran health …

Bringing the Armed Forces Covenant to Life - Evaluation Report

Abstract: In May 2018 a letter was sent to local authority chief executives via the Local Government Association (LGA) by the Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Mrs Heather …

Researching ‘the most dangerous of all sources’: Egodocuments

Abstract: Egodocuments are texts in which an author writes about his or her own acts, thoughts and feelings, such as diaries, blogs, and memoirs. This chapter looks at how …

Alcohol usage in the UK armed forces: 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017

Abstract: This bulletin provides the numbers of UK armed forces personnel who have completed the World Health Organisation (WHO) validated Alcohol Usage Disorder Identification …

Reflections on being a civilian researcher in an ex-military world: expanding horizons?

Abstract: This paper provides a series of critical reflections on the tensions involved in researching the lives of military veterans. In particular, tensions arising when …

Making Military Families in Canada a Research Priority

Abstract: Since the 1990s, the nature, frequency, and intensity of military operations have shifted, and these shifts have, in turn, had an impact on the families of Canada’s …