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. 

The Centre for Military Women’s Research (CMWR)’s core mission is to inform and improve the well-being of women in the military and Veteran community through world-leading collaborative research and evaluation. Their work highlights women’s experiences, issues, and support needs and the centre is dedicated to fostering co-production with members of the military community and collaboration with partners and stakeholders.

Dr Charlotte Herriott is a member of the Centre for Military Women’s Research as well as Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing and Course Leader for MA Criminology at Anglia Ruskin University. Charlotte’s research centres around sexual violence, both in the civilian and military context, particularly looking at criminal justice responses. Her most recent work focuses on victim-survivor experiences and impact of sexual violence in the UK Armed Forces, as well as their experience and perception of the service justice response.

Chris is an Associate Professor in History at the University of South Wales. His recent research, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), has explored the multifaceted role of imperialism across the cycle of nuclear development in Britain, from uranium extraction in the Congo and South Africa to nuclear weapons tests in Australia and the Pacific. Chris is Principal Investigator for the Office for Veterans’ Affairs project: ‘An Oral History of British Nuclear Test Veterans’.

Dr Emma Murray is an Associate Professor in Criminal and Social Justice at the Centre of Excellence for Equities in Uniformed Public Services (CEEUPS) at Anglia Ruskin University, and Criminologist in Residence at the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT), Liverpool. Emma is particularly interested in the lived experiences of Veterans who have been convicted of serious violence or sexual offences. Her research is committed to engaged scholarship that informs justice sector policy and serves as a catalyst for change for the benefit of the Armed Forces as a whole. Emma's work promotes narrative, visual and creative qualitative methodologies that are trauma-informed and inclusive to challenge biases. Emma has acted as a research partner for FACT (2014-ongoing),  The Howard League for Penal Reform (2015-ongoing), The Royal British Legion (2017-2018), and The Probation Institute (2018-ongoing). 

Dr O’Malley is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Crime at University of York. She has a long-standing interest in military welfare issues generally, and has undertaken research with homeless Veterans and the Veteran charity housing sector. This includes ongoing work on evidence collection for Riverside Group’s development of a housing 'roadmap' for the Armed Forces Community. She is also the Chair of the Expert Advisory Board for the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community.