You can purchase a copy of the book here: lnkd.in/dVwP-AK8 or ask me for a copy of the chapter.

Our new chapter 'Collective responses to terrorist attacks' is out! In the chapter, @chriscocking and I discuss group responses to emergencies, social influence in response, and how interventions can involve zero responders to improve crowd safety.

The paper is finally out! Kayleigh Smith brilliantly extends the identity leadership literature by showing how leadership being present and engaging in their staff's tasks helps them to understand staff's challenges and to facilitate ways for staff to achieve their goals.

It has been a productive year for the 'Simulating the impact of first responder communication strategies on citizen adherence in emergencies' project! Read all about it in our new 2023 Newsletter here: lnkd.in/emaDny_Y

We wish you a wonderful time over the festive period!

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding from UoE CAHSS News to run a knowledge exchange and impact planning workshop in May. The event will bring together first responders, government groups, pedestrian modellers, and academics. Watch this space!

Our annual newsletter is very nearly ready to be shared! If you would like to receive a copy then you can sign up at this link: …trespondercommunicationstrategies.com/annualnewslett…

Anezka has many talents! Today she's taking part in the The University of Edinburgh Charity Christmas Craft Fair with her handmade jewellery and Christmas decorations! Definitely check out her stall. She'll be there until 4pm at InSpace, 1 Crichton St, EH8 9AB. 🎄❄️

Women Talking Fire's inaugural conference is a resounding success - read more here: thefpa.co.uk/news/women-tal…

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. Sussex Psychology welcomes back Yasin Koc to give a talk about his current work on intergroup apology

We've uploaded our slides from the Women Talking Fire conference to OSF. See our slides about how and why the public respond in emergencies here: osf.io/wnv52

An exciting new pre-print! We propose a dynamic state-based model of crowd behaviour to assist simulations of how crowds in different scenarios come together, change behaviour throughout events, and disperse. You can read it here: lnkd.in/eWSjnVvn

We are delighted to share with you our latest article titled 'Group processes in emergency evacuation', published in the Fire & Risk Management Journal. Available to read here osf.io/dhcwx

We are very excited to share a new pre-print! You can read the pre-print of our paper 'Agent-based models of social behaviour and communication in evacuations: A systematic review' here: osf.io/dpgv3

Congratulations Professor Steve Gwynne!

First Responder Communication Strategies thanks to everyone in the project team for your valuable and insightful contributions at our productive multidisciplinary 3-day workshop in Edinburgh last week!