By Carina Hoerst On January 6 this year, Trump supporters gather in front of the White House to attend Donald Trump’s rally to “Stop the Steal”. Confederate and USA flags, together with those bearing “Trump 2020” and “Jesus saves” mark…
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The Role of Collective Psychological Empowerment in the Capitol Insurrection
Tagged with: collective empowerment, Crowd Behaviour, social identity, Social Psychology
Posted in PhD research
Posted in PhD research
Understanding collective fear responses to perceived terrorist threats
By Dr Dermot Barr The UK national threat level was raised to ‘Severe’, the second highest level, on the 3rd November 2020 after a series of terrorist attacks in France and Austria. This level means an attack is thought to…
Neighbours support each other during COVID-19
By Selin Tekin Guven Since the beginning of March 2020, COVID-19 pandemic related news has been the main topic in the media. Medical experts have explained different methods to prevent the spread, and authorities in each country have implemented various…
Tagged with: COVID-19, Crowd Behaviour, social identity, social norms, Social Psychology
Posted in PhD research
Posted in PhD research
Why does civil unrest spread between cities?
By Prof John Drury Protests and riots that began in Minneapolis after police killed an unarmed African American have now spread to over 23 states. I recently led a large-scale programme of research on the wave of riots in England…
New term, new you
By Susie Ballentyne Over half of us make a new year’s resolution to change something about our behaviour, yet very few of us stick to our intentions. So why, with all the right sign-posting to a new decade, the fresh…
There are no rioters in Hong Kong
By Patricio Saavedra Morales In June this year, thousands of Hongkongers hit the streets to protest against a controversial extradition bill promoted by the Chief Executive of the former British colony, Carrie Lam. During those days, Hongkongers, as well as…
Why do bystanders justify the use of violence by protesters?
By Patricio Saavedra Morales Recently, the UN Human Rights Office published an extensive report about human rights violations and abuses during protests occurring in Venezuela from 1st of April to 31st July 2017. In the document, UN officers accused the Venezuelan police force of…
The social psychology of the Hajj
By John Drury Last week, the annual Hajj took place in Mecca (Makkah) and the other holy places nearby. This Muslim pilgrimage is one of the world’s largest crowd events – the official figure for those attending last year was…
Tagged with: Crowd Behaviour, Faculty, PhD students, Research
Posted in PhD research, Research, Uncategorized
Posted in PhD research, Research, Uncategorized
How do street actions strengthen social movements?
By Dr John Drury There is evidence that recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, which saw a mass mobilization of white supremacists, Ku Klux Klan, and Nazis have served to embolden and strengthen these groups, who are now ‘bursting with confidence’.…
Emergent social identities in a flood: Implications for community psychosocial resilience
By Evangelos Ntontis. Recently, the small village of Coverack in Cornwall was hit by a flash flood which resulted in damaged properties and possessions, closed roads, disruption, and required the rescue of several people. This was not a one-off event. Flooding is…
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