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This paper discusses the impact of crowd composition on egress performance. Same stadium, different events, different crowds. How does the crowd egress change?

Dr Aoife Hunt, Associate Director at Movement Strategies (a GHD company) recently joined the BBC 4 Radio show "More or Less: Behind the Statistics"

A recent online poll* held by GHD, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, revealed that 70% of respondents do not feel comfortable returning to work unless social distancing measures are in place. The survey also showed that 60% of participants would like to see more permanent social distancing measures implemented at their workplace following the crisis.

This article discusses the impact of the innovations in technology (e.g. augmented/virtual reality etc.) and how they offer significant opportunities for a “next generation” of evidence-based evacuation drills.

Movement Strategies Spring 2020 newsletter : Covid-19

Dr. Steve Gwynne and Dr. Aoife Hunt, alongside colleagues from the University of Mons, University of Massey and Evacuation have co-authored a research article - Human behaviour during a healthcare facility evacuation drills: Investigation of pre-evacuation and travel phases.

What can be done to help prepare the healthcare sector for the new challenges post Covid-19?

This report provides insights into social distancing measures of several countries during the COVID-19 crisis.

Movement Strategies has been appointed by Historic Royal Palaces to support its planning to re-open the Tower of London safely and implement social distancing measures.

How do we get people back to the high street safely? It is not as simple as widening pathways and spacing queues by 2m. More maths is needed than you think. Dr Aoife Hunt considers the challenge local councils now face to adhere to government plans once lockdown eases.

Social distancing reduces efficiency and productivity. Business and organisation leaders are looking for ways to recover and optimise productivity in these circumstances. Go beyond compliance to maximise safety and optimise productivity. Simon Ancliffe talks about solutions to the current challenges faced by businesses.

The Covid-19 crisis poses many challenges. These occur at individual, national and international levels, and on numerous fronts. Here we discuss the different types of local emergencies that might occur and how responding to them becomes all the more challenging during a time of a national or international crisis.

Dr Aoife Hunt presented to the SGSA conference on 4th September on crowd movement research carried out at Wembley Stadium and also some of the latest security considerations, including the impact of Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM), both with respect to Zone Ex. The presentation is summarised here.

Over the last year, Movement Strategies has made an increased effort to derive and share research findings from its ongoing innovative practice. In addition, we have collaborated with research partners to conduct dedicated research activities.

Movement Insights ingests a range of movement, spend and social data-sets to give a clear picture of how a city, retailer or other physical space is performing and where the most effective interventions and campaigns might be to improve performance.

2019 was looking likely as the year in which the ICO would flex its muscles - the £500k fine imposed on Facebook now looks pretty paltry, especially given the relative scale of Facebook and BA (Facebook’s revenues are about 4 times that of BA’s, which were £12.2Bn in 2017).

The Victorian theatres were designed to maximise the revenue, by squeezing in as many seats as possible. But would the visitor experience have been better in the late 1800s?

Movement Strategies launched its Research and Development initiative: Think Better, In Practice and In Theory on April 30th.