The everyday experience of transition from the UK Armed Forces
Category: News
Publish date: 27/10/2022
The everyday experience of Transition from the UK Armed Forces:
Captured through photo-elicitation, framed by Occupational Science
Are you leaving the Armed Forces within the next 6-12 months? Do you like taking photographs?
What is this about?
We are inviting you to get involved with a creative research project as you leave the Armed Forces. The research will involve you taking photographs of your daily life over the months before, during and after you leave and you using these photographs to talk about what transition is like for you, and what it means.
This is PhD research at Brunel University London led by PhD Student Lucy Wray. The project has received ethical approval from the MOD. (Ref: 893/MODREC/18) and Brunel Research Ethics Committees (Ref: 11456-A-Aug/2022- 41184-1).
Who can get involved?
The research is voluntary and open to Regular or Reservist tri-service personnel who are leaving the UK Armed Forces. Participants can be any rank and rate, you just need an interest to take part and access to a device you can use to take photographs.
How much time will this take?
You will be asked to take photographs over a 9-12 month period. After each, approximately 3 month period, you will be asked to meet virtually with Lucy Wray for a 1.5 hour interview based on the photographs you have taken.
Interested?
If you are interested in this research or want to find out more the first step would be to express your interest via email. You will then be contacted to set up an initial meeting to discuss the project further.
Thank you for reading,
Lucy Wray - Contact.