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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 1h

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet, from @chrischirp.bsky.social

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5h

Is that the same Edinburgh University, a Russell Group institution, with billions in a reserve fund? How is this not management incompetence (on top of the broken funding model)?

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5h

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 7h

Covid situation in English. On the positivity, we are approaching last autumn's wave

bhawkins3.substack.com/p/covid-situ...

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 1d

@mitakshara-medhi.bsky.social @monicabarnard.bsky.social @yarazebian.bsky.social @schreiber-julia.bsky.social

John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 1d

Crowds & Identities, family and friends celebrate the birthday of @hannaeldarwish.bsky.social at Eat Central @sussex.ac.uk

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 1d

Today's lecture on crowd behaviour: Mass gatherings and live events.
Key reading this week is this by @fergusneville.bsky.social & Reicher:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 2d

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 7d

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London's Fire Brigade has recorded its busiest wildfire summer since the record-breaking 2022 heatwave, tackling more than 80 incidents across England's capital city between June and August.

The figures highlight the growing risks of hotter, drier summers for communities,

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 2d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 3d

Itaewon crowd crush from the perspective of the disaster victims: topic modelling based on news articles

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Itaewon crowd crush from the perspective of the disaster victims: topic modeling based on news articles

On October 29, 2022, the crowd crush incident in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea, was an unprecedented disaster that occurred on Halloween—the first celeb…

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 3d

Today's lecture: Personal space and crowding.

Key reading for the week is Neville & Reicher (2011) 'The experience of collective participation', but key reading for today is this classic from David Novelli:
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 3d

Restricting eligibility as a wave is growing...

One of the reasons used for dropping coverage in younger age groups, especially kids, was a lack of demand...for a medicine they told everyone wasn't necessary...🤦‍♂️
Not an issue nowadays, it seems...

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Eric Shuman @ericmshuman.bsky.social · 3d

I am hoping to recruit a Ph.D. student to join the SPARC (Social Psychology of Activism, Resistance, & Change) Lab at @UVAPsyc in Fall 2026! You can find more info about my research on my website (ericshuman.com), and the program here (psychology.as.virginia.edu/social-psych...).

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 4d

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📄 Social Cure and Savouring: Attending Live Music Events Is Associated with Wellbeing and Behaviour Changes
By Harry Lewis, Hanna Eldarwish, Fiona Green, John Drury & team (University of Sussex)
🔗 Access the preprint, here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 4d

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Research Confirms It: Live Events Are Good for You! 🎶

Freshly accepted for publication, this revised paper from researchers at the University of Sussex provides robust evidence that attending live music events boosts wellbeing and can even inspire positive behaviour change.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d

Our survey of over 2000 attendees, from both UK and USA, and across a wide variety of genres and events (both gigs and festivals) found this:

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Johanna Ray Vollhardt @jrvollhardt.bsky.social · 5d

The Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series and network is now here on Blue Sky, please follow for our updates on upcoming talks, recordings from sessions, papers from our presenters, etc.! bsky.app/profile/psyc...

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 6d

And here's our own study of the normative limits of the 'new' disruptive behaviour at live events, with @harrymlewis.bsky.social @sanjeedah.bsky.social @lewisdoyle.bsky.social @hannaeldarwish.bsky.social

osf.io/qf9pr_v3

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 6d

And by the way, hardly any serious researchers today would off 'de-individuation' as an explanation for anything!

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 6d

Disruptive crowd behaviour back in the news again!
This time it's journalists saying it's a thing.
But crowd safety professionals say 'The overwhelming majority of events take place safely & securely, with no disruption, but those stories rarely make the news.”

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Swearing, booing and spitting: is crowd behaviour out of control?

There was dismay after Rory McIlroy’s wife was hit by a beer at the Ryder Cup. But have crowds always been badly behaved, or is antisocial behaviour getting worse?

www.theguardian.com

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 6d

This short piece co-authored with Alex Yates shows why the misuse of populism plays right in the hands of the far right

(Annoyingly, the app is not allowing me to tag colleagues, but follow them!)

theconversation.com/the-word-pop...

The word ‘populism’ is a gift to the far right – four reasons why we should stop using it

Extremists benefit when we use euphemisms that confer on them an air of legitimacy.

theconversation.com

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 7d

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London's Fire Brigade has recorded its busiest wildfire summer since the record-breaking 2022 heatwave, tackling more than 80 incidents across England's capital city between June and August.

The figures highlight the growing risks of hotter, drier summers for communities,

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 7d

Revisiting Brian Parkinson’s demolition of ‘emotional contagion’ (BPS social psych conference Sept 2025) for preparation for one of my lectures:

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 7d

Before the professional first responders arrive, there are 'zero responders', including amongst the survivors themselves, who respond to each others' needs

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Manchester synagogue: PM praises rabbi and security staff who blocked attacker

Two killed and four remain in hospital after a man, shot dead by police, carried out the attack.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 7d

Covid Situation Report: Oct 2, 2025, from @bob-hawkins.bsky.social

substack.com/home/post/p-...

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 7d

'Bravery of worshippers and security stopped attacker entering Manchester synagogue'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Bravery of worshippers and security stopped attacker entering Manchester synagogue, police chief says

Two people died in the synagogue attack; a third person, the attacker, was shot dead by police. The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 8d

Today's lecture -- introduction to The Psychology of Crowd Behaviour

This week's essential reading: Reicher et al (2010) The Social Identity Approach
sk.sagepub.com/hnbk/edvol/h...

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Selin Tekin @drselintekin.bsky.social · 8d

@merveozturkey.bsky.social & I are organizing an event with the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency
Our wonderful speakers:
Dr. Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Dr. Rim Saab
Prof. @lucygobag.bsky.social
Prof. @profjohndrury.bsky.social

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 9d

'our finding of the role of staff support in audience wellbeing complements previous research on the role of organizational factors in positive crowd experiences and is in line with research on emergency responder interactions with members of the public (Carter et al., 2014).'

John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 9d

'Social cure and savouring: Attending live music events is associated with wellbeing and behaviour changes'
From @harrymlewis.bsky.social @hannaeldarwish.bsky.social & team
A revised version of this paper now accepted for publication!

osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 9d

'Social cure and savouring: Attending live music events is associated with wellbeing and behaviour changes'
From @harrymlewis.bsky.social @hannaeldarwish.bsky.social & team
A revised version of this paper now accepted for publication!

osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

osf.io

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