Resources
Articles
Recent Developments in the Psychology of Crowds and Collective Behaviour by Prof John Drury
The Truth About Panic by Dr. Stephen Reicher, Clifford Stott and Prof. John Drury
Journal Articles
Abbott, J. L. and Geddie, M. W. (2000) ‘Event and Venue Management: Minimizing Liability Through Effective Crowd Management Techniques’. Event Management, 6, September, pp. 259–270.
Drury, J., Novelli, D. and Stott, C. (2015) ‘Managing to avert disaster: explaining collective resilience at an outdoor music event’. European Journal of Social Psychology, December, pp. 1–44.
Fruin, J. J. (1993) “The Causes and Prevention of Crowd Disasters.” Engineering for Crowd Safety. (Elsevier), pp. 99–108.
Helbing, D., Johansson, A. and Al-Abideen, H. Z. (2007) “Dynamics of crowddisasters: An empirical study.” Physics Review. E, 75 p. 46-109.
Sime, J. D. (1999) ‘Crowd facilities, management and communications indisasters’. Facilities, 17(9/10) pp. 313–324.
Still, G.K. (2014) Introduction to Crowd Science, London: CRC Press.
Still, K., Papalexi, M., Fan, Y. and Bamford, D. (2020) “Place crowd safety, crowd science? Case studies and application.” Journal of Place Management and Development.
Templeton, A. (2020) “Future research avenues to facilitate social connectedness and safe collective behavior at organized crowd events.” Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(2) pp. 216–222.
Wijermans, F. E. H. (2011) Understanding crowd behaviour: simulating situated individuals. PhD, University of Groningen: SOM research school.
Books
Introduction to Crowd Science by Prof Keith Still
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions by Gary Klein
Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming, and How to Prevent Them by Max Bazerman and Michael Watkins
Websites
United Kingdom Crowd Management Association
Prof Keith Still Crowd Science training
Crowd Safety training in the UK
Prof John Drury’s Crowds & Identities Research Group.
Event Safety Guidelines for Community Event Organisers
Public Health / COVID-19 Information
Blog post: discussing safe re-opening strategies and often the best strategies are the most cost effective.
The Event Safety Alliance in the USA published a comprehensive free re-opening guide for venues.
The Event Industry Forum (UK) have produced a guidance document with input from DCMS.
The Association of Event Organisers have this great resource and now government approved guidelines. Their risk assessment framework will help all event organisers in their planning and risk management.
This course in COVID-19 Place Management is aimed at those who are responsible for running a venue or place where crowds congregate.
Free course: World Health Organisation, Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gathering Events
Guide: World Health Organisation, Rapid Risk Assessment of Acute Public Health Events