The Psychology of Crowd Behaviour This review by @profjohndrury.bsky.social describes the social identity approach to crowd behavior. Research based on the social identity approach to crowds has grown significantly in the last 20yrs, both quantitatively and qualitatively. www.qeios.com/read/K26NKZ

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Crowds & Identities and friends welcome Becky Davies, who’s starting her PhD with us @sussex.ac.uk this term

UCU members are standing strong on the picket lines this week as we fight back against devastating job cuts. Show your support to colleagues at Leicester UCU!

A @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social free online event, organized by @drselintekin.bsky.social : 'Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency' www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

Benefits of live music event audience participation, according to a new systematic review: -Opportunities for connection -Shared experiences and values -An empowering community -A sustained sense of community journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Public behaviour in response to perceived hostile threats: An evidence base and guide for practitioners and policymakers Funded by @ukri.org doi.org/10.20919/VJV...

‘Representations of crowd behaviour in the management of mass emergencies’ was a project funded by leverhulme.ac.uk. You can find open access papers from this project on our website: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/lab...

‘Effects of social identity on responses to mass emergency evacuation’ was a project funded by @ukri.org. We have open access papers from this project on our website: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/lab...

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Welcome to @sussex.ac.uk School of Psychology, freshers!

Come and work with us! Assistant Professor in Psychology (Fixed Term, Maternity Cover) Please share! jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/c54c4570...

River pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them “Without change, local groups working to protect national park waterways are often swimming against the current. Water regulators and companies have ignored national parks for far too long.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

Raising £10000 to support UCU members facing financial hardship taking industrial action to protect jobs. Donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Just arrived in the post! The new book on crowds & leadership, from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social & Yasemin Acar

Crowds & Identities and friends gather to wish a temporary farewell to @daclarkecruz.bsky.social at Eat Central, @sussex.ac.uk

Scientists make 'superfood' that could save honeybees www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'The Long View' compares and contrasts today's English flag-raising movement to the Gordon riots of 1780: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sussex tortoise reunited with owner thanks to lorry driver “Stories like this remind us how powerful collective kindness can be.” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2543300...

Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK politicians must stop stoking division, says policing chief www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Understanding crowd responses to perceived hostile threats: a multidisciplinary approach doi.org/10.17815/CD....

The Druids Oak is 800 years old - can it help save tomorrow's forests? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sussex GP shares her experience visiting asylum hotel www.theargus.co.uk/news/2543568...

In Budapest with UEFA to discuss how safety, security and service have almost the same group-psychological underpinnings.

Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters "Scientists and amateur naturalists have observed a remarkable range of species not usually widespread in UK waters, including octopus, bluefin tuna and mauve stinger jellyfish." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘You had to fend for yourself’: Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

#Katrina 20 years on -- a selected reading list.

Here's a study that shows how the spiral of silence leads to the rise of a far-right movement: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Stephen Reicher's letter to the Chief Constable of Scotland, published in The Scotsman: www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scots...

Evaluation of psychology-based training for improving interoperability in the emergency services: a comparison of online and in-person delivery methods www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How the Social Identity Approach can improve interoperability in multi-agency emergency response teams @profjohndrury.bsky.social @loudavidson.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Understanding collective flight responses to (mis)perceived hostile threats in Britain 2010-2019: a systematic review of ten years of false alarms in crowded spaces Funded by @ukri.org doi.org/10.1080/1366...

Natural England hails recovery of 150 struggling species "In Hastings, East Sussex, the rare hawksbeard mining bee was discovered for the first time in a century buzzing between blooms in newly created wildflower meadows." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Join the crowd!

Making Us Visible in the Cityscape: Organizers’ Reasons for Holding Ramadan Celebrations in Copenhagen's Public Space onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The Psychology of Virality Pre-print from @jayvanbavel.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

Gardeners urged to collaborate to help moths and hover flies thrive in cities "Researchers found moths and hover flies are more negatively affected by urbanisation than bees" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We're currently supporting our Professional Services staff who are going through (yet another) reorganisation. The previous ones didn't work, but this one will - we're told. Universities are not just academics - they're admin, student support, cleaners, IT, security, groundskeepers, and more.

Blast from the past (2002, in fact) found by @sanjeedah.bsky.social @crowdsidentities.bsky.social 'Protesting is good for you, say @sussex.ac.uk psychologists' archive.sussex.ac.uk/news/press-r...

thanks for sharing John. One of them happened in Karabük and took very long time to control. besides fires smoke also affected many people in the city (especially the ones who have asthma). In some parts of Turkey the fires still continue.

Coverage I've seen so far of #Tsunami shows mercifully little damage and/or casualties. Also reports from #Hawaii of people being 'civilized' & no 'panic' as they evacuate, which fits with most research into mass emergency behaviour www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...

BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK! A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.

‘Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says "Britain is at risk of a worsening “climateflation” crisis amid the fallout from increasingly extreme weather that could drive up food prices by more than a third by 2050." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Wildfires rage in Greece and Turkey as extreme heat persists www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Social relations in crowds: Recognition, validation and solidarity' Not new but a useful and important study for something we're writing up onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A year since the wave of riots in which hotels housing asylum-seekers were attacked. Our study examined events in three locations, finding only limited evidence of intentions to protest. @qeios.bsky.social Funded by @ukri.org @behaviourresuk.bsky.social www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP