Chris Cocking
@chriscocking.bsky.social
Social Psychologist interested in crowd behaviour, mass emergencies, pandemics, collective resilience, social influence, public messaging & media/social discourse. No unsolicited DMs please
Research I did with @swedishprotests.bsky.social and
@evangelospsych.bsky.social into mutual aid during lockdown also showed how people came together to support and show solidarity with others, rather than behaving selfishly and/or 'panicking' journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@evangelospsych.bsky.social into mutual aid during lockdown also showed how people came together to support and show solidarity with others, rather than behaving selfishly and/or 'panicking' journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
‘All together now’: Facilitators and barriers to engagement in mutual aid during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown
Despite undeniable hardship, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic also saw an outpour of community solidarity and mutual aid towards those in need. This study explored why people participated in mutual ...
journals.plos.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Research I did with @swedishprotests.bsky.social and
@evangelospsych.bsky.social into mutual aid during lockdown also showed how people came together to support and show solidarity with others, rather than behaving selfishly and/or 'panicking' journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@evangelospsych.bsky.social into mutual aid during lockdown also showed how people came together to support and show solidarity with others, rather than behaving selfishly and/or 'panicking' journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
My blog from mid-March 2020 argued that we shouldn't have delayed lockdown & that the stated reason (that the public wouldn't comply with lockdown) had no basis in behavioural science & that people would likely be more resilient dontpaniccorrectingmythsaboutthecrowd.blogspot.com/2020/03/coro...
Coronavirus and Social Psychology
The Coronavirus has become a global pandemic and taken its hold in most countries, particularly in Europe. As I write this there are now o...
dontpaniccorrectingmythsaboutthecrowd.blogspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My blog from mid-March 2020 argued that we shouldn't have delayed lockdown & that the stated reason (that the public wouldn't comply with lockdown) had no basis in behavioural science & that people would likely be more resilient dontpaniccorrectingmythsaboutthecrowd.blogspot.com/2020/03/coro...
Seeing more eyewitness reports about #TrainAttack on the news provides further evidence of bystanders intervening in this incident. It seems that the actions of these “zero-responders” quite possibly saved lives last night
November 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Seeing more eyewitness reports about #TrainAttack on the news provides further evidence of bystanders intervening in this incident. It seems that the actions of these “zero-responders” quite possibly saved lives last night
Reposted by Chris Cocking
Next, @chriscocking.bsky.social presented his preliminary findings on his collective identity research concerning the right-wing protests in the UK since the August 24 riots by exploring using visual and audio data collection methods 🧵3/5
September 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Next, @chriscocking.bsky.social presented his preliminary findings on his collective identity research concerning the right-wing protests in the UK since the August 24 riots by exploring using visual and audio data collection methods 🧵3/5