Welcome to the Identities & Collective Behaviour research group website!
We are a team of social psychologists whose research focuses on exploring the role of group processes in collective behaviour. Our aim is to improve safety at organised crowd events and in emergencies. We do this by using surveys, experiments, interviews, and observational analyses to understand how any why group processes impact behaviour, and develop interventions to facilitate safety. Our collaborations with emergency services, UK and Scottish government, computer modellers and legislative bodies for event safety mean that we apply our research to multiple contexts including organised mass events, emergency evacuations, and healthcare settings.
News
A New article ‘Responding to emergencies’ by Dr Yunhe Tong and Dr Anne Templeton has been published in the Fire & Risk Management Journal
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In November Anne gave a talk to National Seminar for Norwegian Civil Defence - ‘Managing people in emergencies: Examining the evidence from crowd psychology’
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In August Dr Anne Templeton Gave a Professional training lecture to local resilience leaders, Norwegian Civil Defence - ’Information sharing in emergencies: examining the evidence’
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We published our new paper
‘Understanding crowd responses to perceived hostile threats: An innovative multidisciplinary approach’ You can read the paper here.
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Dr Waleed Alhajri passed his viva with no corrections! Dr Waleed Alhajri published his paper ‘Shared social identity and social norms shape risk-taking at mass gatherings’
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The team attended the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference at the Queens University Belfast. Yunhe, Sayaka, Kayleigh and Sam gave presentations and Kayleigh was awarded Runner-up for Best Poster
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Sayaka Hinata published her systematic review ‘Communicating with the public in emergencies: A systematic review of communication approaches in emergency response'. You can read the paper here