Research Community

Lauren is an Associate Professor of Women & Equalities at Anglia Ruskin University and Co-Director of the Centre for Military Women’s Research (CMWR). She is a mixed methods researcher with a background in psychiatric research and currently has funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Office for Veterans Affairs for her research. Lauren’s main research interests include the needs and experiences of women during and after military service, and interpersonal/sexual violence in the military context.

Dr Liam Satchell is the Director of the Impact Centre at the Service Children's Progression (SCiP) Alliance and a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. He has research expertise in applied research design, quantitative analysis, and the psychology of individual differences / mental health. Overall, his work focuses on practical, everyday, approaches to research methods and interpretation. In both his roles he is research active in understanding effective ways to support children and young people in armed forces families. Alongside his military-connected families work, he has published books on supporting children's mental wellbeing, and is active in research in educational, forensic, policing, and other applied psychology topics.  

Dr Lucy Robinson is an Economic and Social Research (ESRC) Postdoctoral Fellow at Cardiff University. Her one year fellowship aims to consolidate her recently completed ESRC-funded DPhil at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. Her doctoral research involved working creatively with groups of service children to explore how military life shapes their identity and school experiences. Lucy is the proud winner of the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community's 2025 Early Career Researcher Award. Outside of her research, Lucy is a Trustee of the Armed Forces Education Trust (AFET), a grant-giving charity which supports service children's education which has been compromised or put at risk as a result of parents’ past or current service in the British Armed Forces. 

Marie-Louise is a Senior Research Fellow at King's College London. She is a mixed methods researcher and has research expertise in psychological medicine and epidemiology. Her research interests include the health and well-being of Armed Forces and Emergency Responders and has a focus on methods to extend research impact. She has previous experience in healthcare policy working in the voluntary sector, has postgraduate training in political science and has leadership training through the Clore Social Fellowship.

Martin is a Lecturer in Psychological Trauma and Mental Health in the STARC Research Centre at Queen’s University Belfast. Broadly Martin’s research interests concern the study of health and well-being among hidden and hard to reach groups who have experienced trauma and adversity, including: military Veterans in Northern Ireland, incarcerated populations, and families experiencing pregnancy and child loss. His previous work has investigated the well-being of Veterans, including experience of complex traumatic stress, psychological comorbidity, and helpseeking.

Dr Keeling is Research Leader at RAND Europe, where her primary role is Research Manager of the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community. Prior to joining RAND, she worked in academia. Mary is a Chartered Psychologist who has worked in the field of military psychology since 2010, both in the UK and the US. Using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, her research has aimed to understand the psychosocial impact of military service on military personnel, Veterans, and Service-connected families. To date, Mary's research has focused on four broad areas: military to civilian transition; romantic relationships and military families; mental health stigma and help-seeking; and the psychosocial impact of Service-connected physical injuries.