Research Community

The work of the Stress, Trauma, and Related Conditions (STARC) Research Centre focuses on the psychological well-being and mental health of those who have experienced stress, adversity, and trauma. The team focus on exploring and understanding predictors, correlates, and impacts of a range of psychological disorders including, but not limited to, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, and Dissociation and work with a range of different populations (healthcare workers, emergency services, Armed Forces, children and adolescents, as well as the general adult population). Additionally, recent efforts have focused on exploring the concept of post adversity psychological resilience.

Tamara Obradovic is a PhD student at the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR), King’s College London. Tamara's PhD is a mixed methods study exploring the prevalence and impacts of Military Sexual Trauma in ex-Serving females in the UK, with a particular focus on the implications for mental health and help-seeking. Before joining the King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Tamara completed a masters in psychology at the University of Bristol. Her research interests include women's mental health, the mental health impacts of trauma, and occupational mental health.

Tara Zammit is a PhD Candidate in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. She has been awarded the SSHRC-CRSH Department of National Defence MINDS Initiative Doctoral Award to undertake her research. Tara’s research is situated within the fields of ontological security, feminist security studies, and war studies. She is developing a framework for better understanding the interconnectedness of these subjects through an ontological security lens and an analysis of diverse service experiences with the aim of influencing policy to better support women and LGBTQ+ individuals pursuing careers in defence and security.

The Centre for Military Research Education and Public Engagement is a research, education, public engagement, and practice unit in Scotland dedicated to the Armed Forces. It is based in Edinburgh Napier, a recognised Gold Covenant University, and works with key military stakeholders across Scotland, the UK and internationally through various networks related to armed forces transition, mental health, and wellbeing. At the heart of the centre is a multidisciplinary team of academics, practitioners, veterans, and key military personnel from tri-services with a reputation and demonstrable track record for innovation and flexible approaches to project management, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodologies

The Gambling Research, Education and Treatment (GREAT) Network Wales exists to drive research, education and treatment for all forms of gambling-related harm in individuals, families and communities. As a network for researchers, service providers, people with lived experience and policymakers, GREAT develops effective treatments for problematic or excessive gambling, educational and consultancy services for all sectors, produces high-quality, peer-reviewed impartial research, and serves as a clearinghouse for scientific and policy-based evidence regarding gambling and its related harms.

The Northern Hub for Veterans and Military Families Research are a multi-disciplinary team conducting integral translational research in the Armed Forces Community. The Northern Hub’s research profile is both qualitative and quantitative, covering health and social care, public health, psychology, social policy, human geography, and nursing. They consistently work to attract and facilitate collaboration across the Armed Forces sector, working with a variety of organisations across the Government, Local Authorities, NHS and Third Sector.