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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 4h

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 5d

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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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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 2d

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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 · 2d

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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 · 4d

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 · 1d

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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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 1d

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

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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…

www.sciencedirect.com

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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...).

Home

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 4d

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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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 3d

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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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d

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

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

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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 4d

“When we use the term “populist”, we often create a semantic link between the word and “the people”. So when we allow the far right to be described as populist, we are incorrectly implying that they are tapping into what the people want or that they speak for the “silent majority””

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 4d

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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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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

'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...

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 6d

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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