Centre of Excellence for Equity in Uniformed Public Services (CEEUPS)

Our research aims to promote equity, inclusion, and wellbeing in uniformed public services through transformational change, effective leadership, and trauma-informed practices that empower all.

Our research is underpinned by methods that break down traditional hierarchies. We bring those with lived experience to the heart of our work and develop solutions together.

CEEUPS Research Agenda

CEEUPS Research Agenda (plain text version)

Research projects

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Research project

Emotional inequities

This project explores the how male and female prison officers (POs) manage their own, co-workers', and inmates' feelings, and the consequences for well-being.

Read more about the emotional inequities project
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Research project

Imagining Gender Equitable Cultures

This study laid the groundwork for a larger project to tackle wicked and entrenched narratives, histories and power dynamics using creative methodologies.

Read more about Imagining Gender Equitable Cultures
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Research project

The veteran voice

This pilot project comprised a narrative study of veteran military women’s storied experiences in a four-day voice workshop.

Read more about the veteran voice project
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Research project

Psychological safety within UK HEMS

This project explores experiences of psychological safety within UK Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in order to inform policy, practice, and research.

Read more about the psychological safety in HEMS project
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Research project

Unregistered children’s homes and potential links to child exploitation

This study aimed to explore any possible links between unregistered children’s homes and the criminal and sexual exploitation of children.

Read more about the unregistered children's homes study
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Research project

Exploring the departure of on-call firefighters in England

This study investigates on-call firefighters' reasons for joining and leaving the services, and their experiences of the role.

Read more about the firefighters project
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Research project

Project Bright Light

This project seeks to transform Avon and Somerset Police’s response to and investigation of domestic abuse.

Read more about Project Bright Light
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Research project

SSAIDP Evaluation

This project seeks to provide an evidence base for the new Serious Sexual Assault Investigators' Programme (SSAIDP).

Read more about the SSAIDP evaluation
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Our aims

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Serving with Equity: Women’s Voices in the Uniformed Public Services conference

The Centre for Military Women’s Research and CEEUPS are pleased to announce their first joint conference, taking place on 31 March - 1 April 2026 at ARU in Cambridge.

Find out more about the Serving with Equity conference
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Blog, news and updates

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About us

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Meet the team

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Nationally-recognised research

We're proud to be Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023, and to have won the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2021, in recognition of the difference we make in our communities and beyond. We also celebrated our best-ever performance in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021).