Biography

Dr Stott is lecturer here at the University of Liverpool. He is currently involved in an ongoing series of, primarily qualitative, studies examining the underlying causes and psychology of 'riots'. In particular he is interested in the relationship between the dynamics of inter-group interaction, social identity processes and the development of violent norms during crowd events. He has worked closely with Dr Steve Reicher (St Andrews) and Dr John Drury (Sussex) in developing the Elaborated Social Identity Model of crowd behaviour. He has done extensive work looking at the extent to which this model can account for acts of 'hooliganism' involving English fans travelling to international tournaments. He has also been involved in Home Office working groups into football related disorder and is currently involved in developing a major European study of public order policing.

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