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John Drury
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Social psychologist @Sussex.ac.uk. Collective behaviour, crowds, emergencies, Covid http://tinyurl.com/anw6sxrs Member behavioural sub-group @independentsage.bsky.social Views my own.

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John Drury is a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. His core research is in the area of crowd psychology.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Nov 15

Crowds & Identities -- a starter pack.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 15h
Fascinating obituary of Geoffrey Bindman. I first heard his name when doing my PhD research on the No M11 Link Road Campaign in 1993. Bindman's was the firm that defended many of the activists.

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Sir Geoffrey Bindman obituary
Human rights lawyer who helped to expand Britain’s Race Relations Act and investigated apartheid in South Africa
www.theguardian.com

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 1d
Re-reading this fascinating article by @alexhaslam.bsky.social et al. after interesting chat with Lisa Jans:

'Meta-identification: Perceptions of others’ group identification shape group life'

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Meta‐identification: Perceptions of others’ group identification shape group life
In the present research, we introduce and develop the concept of meta-identification – perceptions of others’ identification with a group – and examine its capacity to shape group life. Across two cr...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Bob Hawkins @bob-hawkins.bsky.social · 1d
Covid levels in the UK continue to fall and are at relatively low levels. However, this year's flu season has begun earlier than usual so now is a good time to get vaccinated.

Covid activity fell across European countries and remain low in the USA and Canada.

bhawkins3.substack.com/p/covid-situ...
Covid Situation Report: Nov 13, 2025
Report providing the latest information on Covid activity in the UK and other countries. This post is best viewed using the browser or Substack app.
bhawkins3.substack.com

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 1d
On the 10th anniversary of the Bataclan terrorist attack, here's a study that examined the behaviour of survivors during the attack:

'Consistent with previous findings, supportive behaviors were frequently reported. '

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Nature and determinants of social actions during a mass shooting
Reactions to danger have been depicted as antisocial but research has shown that supportive behaviors (e.g., helping injured others, giving information or reassuring others) prevail in life-threatenin...
journals.plos.org

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Harry Lewis @harrymlewis.bsky.social · 2d
Struggling to find peer reviewed evidence in support of spending all of your money on going to festivals and gigs? Let us help... doi.org/10.1002/casp...

w/ @profjohndrury.bsky.social @hannaeldarwish.bsky.social Danielle Evans, Fiona Green

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 2d
Today's lecture -- how ESIM-based principles have been applied to managing football crowds

Extra reading is this fascinating study by @cliffstott.bsky.social et al.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 3d
Research Fellow post on UKRI-funded interdisciplinary project on enhancing climate resilience among farming and pastoralist communities in eastern Africa

Come and work with us!
Please share

jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/181bad99...
Research Fellow Ref 42079 (Fixed Term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search
jobs.sussex.ac.uk

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 3d
I feel 'obliged' to share this again...

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 4d
Today's lecture - football crowd 'disorder' and the ESIM

Key reading is this by @cliffstott.bsky.social @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social et al.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 4d
Flag raisers have complained they’re misunderstood. Their real intention was the benign expression of national pride. No hint of racism. Since they’re well-intentioned I wonder how many will take them down once they know how they’re seen by NHS workers?

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 4d
‘They saved my life’: Grenfell Athletic create hopeful future despite pain of loss in tower fire

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘They saved my life’: Grenfell Athletic create hopeful future despite pain of loss in tower fire
A new documentary shows community unity helping a football club rise against a backdrop of a tragedy-hit building that is only now coming down
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Lupicínio Íñiguez-Rueda

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 4d
The Role of Subjective Power Dynamics in Far-Right Collective Action: The “Unite the Right” Rally and the Capitol Insurrection

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The Role of Subjective Power Dynamics in Far-Right Collective Action: The “Unite the Right” Rally and the Capitol Insurrection| Journal of Social and Political Psychology
jspp.psychopen.eu

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 4d
The Psychology of Crowds and Leadership in the 2021 Capitol Insurrection

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Reposted by Serge Guimond

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 4d
New: 'Handbook of Social Identity Research'

www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...

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Bournemouth University UCU @bournemouthucu.bsky.social · 5d
Vote! #wearetheuniversity #bournemouthuni #getthevoteout #savethesector @ucu.org.uk

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5d
There are hundreds and hundreds of similar examples in the REF Impact Case Studies and Environment statements from 2014 and 2021 of contributions such as this--to medicine, science, social policy, mental health & wellbeing, culture & more. They're local, regional, national & international. 7/8
Impact database : Results and submissions : REF 2021
results2021.ref.ac.uk

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d
Not new but topical, from @alexhaslam.bsky.social & colleagues

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d
'it is Trump’s willing participation in a mutual process of identity enactment, rather than any instructions contained in his speech, that should be the basis for assessing his ... responsibility for, the assault on the Capitol building'

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Examining the role of Donald Trump and his supporters in the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol: A dual-agency model of identity leadership and engaged followership
This article develops a dual-agency model of leadership which treats collective phenomena as a co-production involving both leaders and followers who …
www.sciencedirect.com

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Johanna Ray Vollhardt @jrvollhardt.bsky.social · 5d
Tomorrow! On the social psychology of disruptive, confrontational protests and the shift in resistance tactics in repressive contexts. Still time to register, here: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...
psychresist.bsky.social Resistance Psychology Network @psychresist.bsky.social · 11d
The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, November 10:

We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests,
@yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants

To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...
Beyond Dichotomies: Rethinking Protest Tactics and How They Shape Allyship by Mete Sefa Uysal (university of Exeter) Peer Review as Conversation (90 Minutes) Reviewers: Yasemin Gülsüm Acar (St Andrews University) and Carmen Marazzi (Clark University) Abstract: Allyship in social movements does not emerge in a vacuum. It unfolds in contested political and moral contexts where the tactics used by marginalised groups play a critical role in shaping support from the general public. Yet, existing scholarship often collapses diverse protest forms into binary categories like normative vs. nonnormative or conventional vs. radical. Recent studies on confrontational collective action (Uysal et al., 2024,2025) challenge existing categorisations that treat protest tactics as fixed and morally preferable over one another. It sees protest tactics as a continuum in which they coexist within activists’ repertoires of resistance and shifts the focus to the conditions under which individuals transition between tactics against repression. Following this critique, I aim to discuss when confrontational and disruptive actions hinder and catalyse solidarity and allyship, rather than treating them as inherently alienating. Register here: http://tinyurl.com/disruptive-protest Monday, November 10, 2025 Vancouver, Canada: 9:00; New York, United States: 12:00; London, United Kingdom: 17:00; Ramallah, Palestine: 19:00 The picture includes a headshot of Mete Sefa Uysal wearing glasses and a vertically striped shirt in a green leafy background. The picture also includes a QR code for the registration link also added to the original post.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d
'The biggest day of protest in US history as an estimated 7 million people showed up for No Kings on 18 October in small towns and red counties as well as big blue cities.'

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d
Also the 'mass society' thesis of early crowd psychologists (and others)

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d
This study of the 2005 London bombings was the first in which we proposed that supportive behaviour among survivors in an emergency is due to extension of the boundary of the self-category, which occurs in such events due to perceived common fate.

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Reposted by John Drury

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Old man Griffin @oldhuman2.bsky.social · 5d
Every emergency situation I've ever witnessed, ordinary people gathered to help. Mountain rescue, RNLI, all volunteers.

Reposted by John Drury, Susan Strasser

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 5d
Cross-posted at the Guardian.
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Peter Jacobs

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 6d
'Human nature' is the capacity to categorize others as part of self. Extending the boundaries of concern, people often help strangers in emergencies.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Heroic actions are a natural tendency’: why bystander apathy is a myth
Modern research shows the public work together selflessly in an emergency, motivated by a strong impulse to help
www.theguardian.com

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 6d
Of interest @gilliansocial.bsky.social

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 6d
People talk to strangers and make friends in football crowds

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘We could be winning or losing – it doesn’t matter as long as we’re together’: the friendships forged on football terraces
It starts with singing, banter or enthusiastic goal celebrations – and leads to so much more. Six groups of fan friends share how they met
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by John Drury

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Tom Western @tomwestern.bsky.social · 6d
Petition to save Geography at the University of Leicester

c.org/cdSSY6RXJ7
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org

Reposted by John Drury, Paul Nightingale, Michael Larkin

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University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk · 8d
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party and MP for Brighton Pavilion, as the University's first Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability at the Sussex School for Progressive Futures (SSPF).
Caroline Lucas appointed as new Professor of Practice at the University of Sussex
Caroline Lucas has been appointed by the University of Sussex as its first Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability.
www.sussex.ac.uk

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 8d
Lewes bonfire -- in pictures

www.theargus.co.uk/news/2560206...
In pictures: Thousands flock to Lewes bonfire celebrations
Thousands of people turned out for one of the country’s largest bonfire celebrations
www.theargus.co.uk