lindajbell.bsky.social
@lindajbell.bsky.social
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'a fragmented approach, a lack of accountability with regard
to advice (eg on ‘behavioural fatigue’), under-utilisation of SPI-B...
the expertise of SPI-B and government behavioural science teams ought to be drawn upon in pandemic planning'

UK #CovidInquiry

covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Re-reading this review of wellbeing effects of music events for something I'm working on, and it's a key reading for my project student and crowd behaviour students this term

journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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It was an honour to be asked to do this BBC Look North West tribute to Mani youtu.be/23N1ds3vl74?... via @YouTube
BBC Look North West tribute to Mani featuring John Robb
YouTube video by JOHN ROBB
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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A well-attended Crowds & identities, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, with presentation on his important work on collective action for Uyghur Muslims in China among Muslims in Turkey and the United Kingdom, by @metesefauysal.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Phil Manzanera: The John Robb interview, the legendary Roxy Music guitarist whose style melted sound and guitar tradition talks to John Robb about his new album. ‘Soho Live’ and Roxy Music louderthanwar.com/phil-manzane... via @louderthanwar
Phil Manzanera brings the sound and spirt of Roxy Music to
Phil Manzanera brings the sound and spirt of Roxy Music to new imaganings of old songs
louderthanwar.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Crowd Behaviour and Public Order: Reflections on the 2024 Riots and Violence - a @bpsofficial.bsky.social webinar

www.bps.org.uk/event/crowd-...
Crowd Behaviour and Public Order: Reflections on the 2024 Riots and Violence | BPS
Special Group for Psychology, Health and Social Care (PHASC) Summer Conference, generously supported by The London & Home Counties Branch and Division of Forensic Psychology
www.bps.org.uk
September 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Acclaimed Joy Division play returns for biggest tour yet
louderthanwar.com/new-dawn-fad... via @louderthanwar
New Dawn Fades - Joy Division Play Returns For Biggest Tour Yet!
Biggest Tour Yet for New Dawn Fades - A Play About Joy Division And Manchester - 30th SEPT-31st OCT 2025. Story, Interview & Gallery!
louderthanwar.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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New Book Monday! With a few weeks to spare before this year’s Social Psychology of Crowds lecture.

@metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Writing my first-year lecture on trait personality theory is ... interesting.
Galton - Eugenicist
Myers-Briggs - bogus
Cattell - eugenics& 'he preached Nazi racial theories(while trying to obscure their origins)' (Southern Poverty Law Centre)
Hans Eysenck next! :)

www.splcenter.org/resources/ex...
September 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Stephen Reicher's letter to the Chief Constable of Scotland, published in The Scotsman:
www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scots...
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August 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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'Reading historical examples of person change in collective action, one is struck by the profound sense of revelation, & the significant downstream consequences, in terms of future activities, relationships, &life choices.'

With @swedishprotests.bsky.social

www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Collective action and person change
PDF | This chapter describes the research evidence and theory for the topic of person change arising in and through participation in collective action.... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
May 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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'The Psychology of Crowd Behaviour'

www.qeios.com/read/K26NKZ
May 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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I was thrilled today to come across an article by @metesefauysal.bsky.social, @profjohndrury.bsky.social and @yasemingacar.bsky.social that really engages with our triple-A framework on efficacy beliefs! Their results carry theoretical and practical relevance:
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Confrontational collective actions are neither uncontrolled outbursts of initially pacifist resistance nor mere reactions to helplessness and lack of viable political options. Instead, they serve str...
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Paper on the Kahramanmaraş earthquake, led by our Syrian refugee colleagues and supported by @cara1933.bsky.social , now accepted in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

with @drselintekin.bsky.social

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Understanding the Socio-Economic and Wellbeing Impacts of the 2023 Earthquakes in Turkey on Syrian Refugees
On February 6, 2023, a significant earthquake struck Turkey, disproportionately impacting Syrian refugees already struggling with the lingering effects of war.
papers.ssrn.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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U.S. Science will survive but like someone who survives a violent car wreck, followed by a protracted ICU stay+several years of rehabilitation and therapy to return to functional status.
We are currently still at the wreckage site waiting to be airlifted to safety.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts f...
www.nature.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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5 ALARM FIRE 🔥

A message from senator Chris murphy

Senator Chris Murphy asks us to post this statement to our public walls.
******
Report from the Senate Floor:
“Last night in the Senate, something really important happened.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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working people. Oh and by the way, any tax cuts for working people are going to be washed out by higher costs for basic necessities, like health care and food. It’s a fundamental injustice. Thanks to your pressure and support, many of my Democratic colleagues have joined my effort to do /10
April 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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My presentation today, with Holly Carter @ukhsa.bsky.social , for the UK fire service National Resilience course

Further reading:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
April 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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'Over the past 24 hours, the following articles increased their @altmetric.com Attention Score significantly:

'Everyone for themselves? A comparative study of crowd solidarity among emergency survivors'

1-day score: 16
All time score: 115'

bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1348/...
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Crowd behaviour in emergencies has previously been explained in terms of either ‘mass panic’ or strength of pre-existing social bonds. The present paper reports results from a study comparing high- v...
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Other countries have watched their democracies slip away quietly, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
www.newyorker.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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A Horrible Truth That Shouldn’t Be….
April 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Can group-based strategies increase community resilience? Longitudinal predictors of sustained participation in Covid-19 mutual aid and community support groups

@ukri.org funded

doi.org/10.1111/jasp...
April 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM