Feb - 05May-06

The eventsStadia and events disasters and near

disasters, fires, explosions

ResultsShared threat creates shared identity

and hence mutual concern and helping.

Recommendations1. Abandon the ‘panic’ model in

emergency procedures.2. Inform the public3. Enhance public solidarity

Social Identity Model Crowd conflict arises when:

(a) crowd and outside forces (e.g., the police) have differing conceptions of legitimacy

(b) the action of the police serves to unite otherwise disparate fragments of a physical crowd.

Crowd conflict is limited by participants’ social identities, which define appropriate conduct.

ApplicationsUrban riots, demonstrations, protest events.

Crowd flow and spatiality

Technology/ design1. Role play room evacuation experiments2. Visualization

ResultsSome impact of shared identity.Problem of psychological engagement

DesignCombining psychological models, Artificial Intelligence and mathematical computer models.

Existing applicationsVisualizations of reconstructions, mathematic models of crowd flow.

Opportunities for companiesPublic building and space design, public transport design: collaborative R&D, funded projects, endorsement.

Crowd conflict

Interviews with survivors

Simulation studies

RationaleTo examine how, when and why crowd evacuation behaviour is social & co-operative.

BackgroundSocial and asocial models. Applicability of Social Identity Model to explain co-ordination amongst strangers in crowds.

Practical applicationsEvacuation from stadia, buildings etc. Informing design and emergency procedures

Crowd evacuation #1

Crowd evacuation

Department of PsychologyDr John Druryj.drury@sussex.ac.uk

CROWD BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL IDENTITY

Crowd evacuation #2 Crowd behaviour and social identity – further research

The experience of crowding Post-event support

PartnersESRC, University of St Andrews, University of Nottingham (Computer Science, Chemical Engineering)

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DesignExperimental studies manipulating identity and crowding

Initial findingsSituations of crowding are tolerated or even enjoyed where people share a common identity

Opportunities for companiesStadia, public transport managers, Health & Safety managers: collaborative R&D, consultancy.

DesignInterview and survey of disaster survivors on experiences of collective support.

HypothesesGroup processes and social identity can mitigate Post Traumatic Stress.

Opportunities for companiesEmergency services, health services: studentships, collaborative R&D.