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Professor Drury has led research over the last 30 years that dispel the myths about the crowd and developed a new understanding of the nature of identity. Explore crowd conflict and identity change, mass emergencies and cooperation, and the spread of behaviour between people and events’ at University of Sussex

Why crowd behaviours matter: for psychology and society

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Professor Drury has led research over the last 30 years that dispel the myths about the crowd and developed a new understanding of the nature of identity. Explore crowd conflict and identity change, mass emergencies and cooperation, and the spread of behaviour between people and events’
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26 November 2024

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Time: 26th November 2024, from 5 to 6 pm

Location: Fulton B Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex 

Free event for A level students. Please email [email protected] to book tickets. 

This Professorial Lecture given by Prof. John Drury (Professor of Social Psychology) is the second talk of a Public Talk Series organised by the School of Psychology called ‘My Psychology’. 

In this public talk, Professor John Drury presents his career, reach and recent breakthroughs on crowd behaviour. ‘Crowds are at the centre of our social lives - from national and international events to major incidents, they constitute both the everyday and the extraordinary. Crowds can shape our behaviour and provide profound, life-changing experiences.’ Professor Drury has led research over 30 last years that dispel the myths about the crowd and developed a new understanding of the nature of identity. ‘These areas of crowd behaviour have inspired me to carry out research using a variety of research methods: crowd conflict and identity change, mass emergencies and cooperation, and the spread of behaviour between people and events’.


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26th November 2024
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Events for School and College Groups (Ages 16-18)
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Families
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