Dissertation

I developed my MSc Crowd Safety & Risk Analysis dissertation into a series of articles to share my academic research with the industry. The aim of this dissertation was to understand if the current legislation and approval process is fit for purpose for ensuring crowd safety at outdoor events in the UK.

#1. The Root Cause of Crowd Disasters

2 months ago 9 min read Dissertation Crowd Safety Research Article

Crowd disasters occur when people are given insufficient information and space (Sime, 1999). It is rarely the case that only one factor causes a disaster (Helbing and Mukerji, 2012). In particular, increase or

So, what is Crowd Safety?

3 months ago 8 min read Crowd Safety Research Article Dissertation

I get a blank look when I tell people I work in "crowd safety". I ask if they ever attended an event; arrived safely, guided into the venue, found their seat, watched the show and then guided back to their transport, barely noticing the journey? That's crowd safety.