Research Community

The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) Research Centre is an independent centre funded by Forces in Mind Trust and run by a consortium of RAND Europe and King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) at King’s College London. The centre provides an accessible and authoritative evidence base exploring the transition from military to civilian life, to inform policy and practice affecting ex-Service personnel and their families in the UK. It also functions as a community hub for the UK Armed Forces research community, connecting researchers, policy makers, and service providers, to support the forging of joined up working and collaboration, and build pathways to impact. This is achieved through various outputs, including but not limited to, a accessible online research repository, informative themed research and policy summaries and primary research exploring key themes impacting the UK ex-Service community. 

Gavin Campbell is a Research Co-Ordinator at the Combat Stress Centre for Applied Military Health Research.  His recent research focus is on women veterans and military sexual trauma, and the translation of research into evidence-based applied practice and impact.  More widely his research interests are in individual responses to trauma, recovery, and comparative experiences of surviving and thriving in extremis.  He is a board member of the UK Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS).  Gavin previously worked in the media, deploying to remote, hostile and austere environments across the world.

Glen is a 4th year doctoral student, researching the effects of impostor phenomenon on military Veterans. His thesis looks at the impact of impostor phenomenon in veterans and their transition into civilian life. Glen has extensive experience working with Veterans, having served 16 years as a commissioned officer. He has worked with minoritised groups, in industries such as defence, transport and logistics, energy, the arts and the space sector. His research interests include: The effects of impostor phenomenon on performance in the workplace, future defence issues and planning for future conflicts, sustainability in the space sector.

Hilary Currin is interested in exploring the lived experiences of criminalised ex-Servicewomen and men who have engaged with the justice sector, with an emphasis on using participatory and creative methods. Her current research focus is qualitative research exploring how ex-Servicewomen interact with the justice sector and how the justice sector understands and reacts to their unique needs. Previous research includes life course work with ex-Servicemen who committed violent and/or sexual offenses, as well as service evaluations focusing on Veteran well-being.

The International Centre for Moral Injury (ICMI) is an academic research centre formed to study and understand the causes and impacts of moral injury and dedicated to opening pathways to recovery.

It supports and promotes the development and dissemination of innovative research, pastoral resources and training methods around moral injury, helping to generate new partnerships and collaborations across the world in the furtherance of individual, institutional and societal well-being.

Jemma Lakmaker is a PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan University exploring the experiences of ex-servicemen who became deaf in the First World War and how they were treated upon their return to society. Jemma aims to uncover the experiences of deaf ex-servicemen as a group whose voice is missing from the historical narrative. She is interested in the perceptions of deafness and how this continues to impact the deaf community today. Jemma is proficient in British Sign Language. Jemma is also a trustee for a charity working to ensure disabled people and people from disadvantaged backgrounds are given an equal voice in society and a platform on which to be heard.