‘Exploring safety at Mass Gathering Events through the lens of three different stakeholders’ in Frontiers in Public Health (12)

This project is larger in scope. It involves Professor Alison Hutton from Western Sydney University. Alison is a founding member of the World Health Organization Collaboration Centre for Mass Gatherings and Global Health Security. The project also involves Associate Professor Jamie Ranse. He leads the Griffith University Disaster Resilience Futures Hub. He also founded the Mass Gathering Foundation (Griffith University).

As we state early on, safety has become increasingly significant. It is now crucial to researchers, managers, funding agencies, and public bodies, i.e., all involved in the provision of mass gathering events. This paper arrives at a time of acute need. We need appropriate application of psychosocial understanding and biophysical knowledge for safe management of the social environment of MGE. It is also needed for the broader community. The magic word is ‘trust’.

m.robertson@resilienteventfutures.org

event resilience; audience; stakeholders; community capacity; trust