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Understanding Crowd Theory Early crowd related literature provides a disparaging view of large-scale gatherings, depicting them as out of control entities, which are a threat to disciplined society. Whilst the notion of crowds as irrational, ferocious, homogenous collectives has been challenged by numerous academics, there is no singly accepted explanation addressing the complexities of crowd […]

What do we learn from the history of crowd related incidents? Georg Hegel famously proclaimed humans fail to learn from history.  This suggestion is notably relevant in the events industry and naturally poses the question, ‘Why?’  Why do major incidents continue to occur with clear similarities to those before them?  My recent research provides some