Across ages, genders, cultures and conditions, crowds always walk in a counter-clockwise spiral.
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Being in public parks and natural environments with other visitors is a powerful opportunity to enhance enjoyment rather than detract from it.
The sheer scale of the Hindu festival makes it a disaster waiting to happen. From new underwater drones to AI surveillance, here’s what’s being done to avoid deadly crushes.
Crowd accidents, particularly at religious mass gatherings in developing countries, are becoming a more common cause of premature death worldwide.
From ancient Rome to modern times, pelting has been a performance of crowd defiance in all its joyous, furious and lawbreaking glory.
One fan died and others reported burns at the Swift concert. And we’re going to see similar incidents at future concerns if we don’t start planning for extreme weather.
Crowding is increasingly affecting all kinds of public lands. Adjoining communities need to find ways to manage it, or risk harm to the attractions that make them a destination.
A better understanding of how crowds work is vital as more of the world’s population move to cities.
By using computer crowd simulations, we can figure out how large numbers of people can move around public space while maintaining social distancing.
A crowd can exhilarate the ephemeral power within us. Whether a packed stadium or a mosh pit, crowds brought us together in ways that were more than physical.
It will be possible to compare the outcomes of games with and without fans, giving new insights into the relationship between fans, home-field advantage and clutch performances.
Why are sport broadcasters using fake crowd noise? It might be because crowd noise can help us bond with our tribe and acts as a psychological cue for when to pay attention.
According to research, a strong sense of social identity and empowerment often dictates how rioters behave.
When President Trump declared the US full, little did he know he was wading into a centuries-old economic debate.
Lessons from the British 19th century protests over electoral reform about the significance of crowd sizes.
When you find yourself trapped in an immense crowd, what are the right reflexes to adopt to survive?
A dormant ‘cash mountain’ marks a nadir for London’s contactless travel card, but trouble has been brewing for some time.
Cities are expanding upwards and downwards, as well as outwards. With urban density also increasing, moving people efficiently around the city, often using ageing infrastructure, is quite a challenge.
Rioters were influenced by a shared anti-police identity – not just mindless violence.
Sensationalist warnings of further riots abound. But while many social inequalities remain, we can’t say whether more widespread violence will follow.
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Social Psychology, Keele University
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Professor of Social Psychology, University of Sussex
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Acting Manager Policy and Research Whitlam Institute, Western Sydney University
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Professor of FinTech History and Global Trade, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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PhD Candidate, Bangor University
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Honorary Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Warwick, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands, Boise State University
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Professor of Psychology, California State University, Northridge
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College
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Associate Professor in Creative Writing, Griffith University
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Project Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
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Chercheur interdisciplinaire spécialisé dans le comportement des foules, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
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Associate professor in Computer Science, Utrecht University