by Manon van Huffelen | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog
By Julie Carlier Every large festival, city celebration, sporting event, or mass protest has them: crowds. Young and old, religious and non-religious, participating for the sport, music, or simply the atmosphere. Recent research by Gu, et al. (2025) offers new...
by Manon van Huffelen | Jun 24, 2025 | Blog
By Eszter Hollósy, Intern at ESI Organizing safe events goes beyond fences and regulations. Research reveals that crowd psychology, especially the social identity approach (SIA), offers transformative benefits, backed by real-world applications, including Roskilde...
by Manon van Huffelen | Mar 27, 2025 | Blog
In recent years, several vehicle-based attacks targeting crowds have taken place globally, where vehicles have been used as weapons. The term “hostile vehicle” refers to a vehicle that is deliberately used to cause harm, often by driving into crowds at...
by Manon van Huffelen | Mar 27, 2025 | Blog
A guest blog by Alan Wilson, ‘Crowd Control Guy’ in Western Australia Let’s talk about hexagons, the unsung hero of crowd safety and pedestrian mobility. You might think I’m obsessed. Well, you’d be right! If you’re still planning events and public spaces using square...
by Manon Gijbels | Mar 2, 2023 | Blog
20 years ago on 20 February 2003, the Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island went up in flames, killing 100 people and injuring another 230, including one of the club’s owners. This disaster was one of the worst in its kind in modern times, and what makes it...
by Manon Gijbels | Jan 25, 2023 | Blog
We are pleased to introduce our new masterclass: Crowd Psychology for Crowd Safety Management, by Professor John Drury.Anyone who is responsible for crowd management will need to have some knowledge of Crowd Psychology. In this masterclass, you will be provided with...
