In the third and final episode of Beyond Contagion, we join Dr Roger Ball and Carina Hoerst to find out how the Beyond Contagion research is informing current studies on historical rioting events and contemporary instances of public disorder such as the Capitol riot. Professor John Drury concludes the series with his reflections on the wider contribution of Beyond Contagion.

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In the second episode of Beyond Contagion, we join Dr Roger Ball and Dr Fergus Neville to hear what’s wrong with the ‘contagion’ concept and how their experiments and case studies developed an alternative based on shared identity and empowerment.

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In the first episode of Beyond Contagion, we join Professors Stephen Reicher and Clifford Stott to understand the background to the research in the social identity approach in social psychology.

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We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Economic and Social Research Council.