Ezel Üsten

Topics:

• The role of individual motivation in pedestrian dynamics
• Incorporating motivation in pedestrian models and simulations (agent-based modeling)
• The relationship between pushing behavior and temporal and spatial crowd dynamics
• Goal interruption and its effects on individual state emotions in crowded settings
• Mental representation and way-finding in crowds, cognitive (and social) mapping/graphs

Methods:

• Experiments with large groups and crowds
• Qualitative and quantitative observation methods
• Computer modeling (in cooperation with computer scientists)

Publication Highlight:

• Exploring the Dynamic Relationship between Pushing Behavior and Crowd Dynamics. 10.17815/CD.2023.143, 2023
• Don’t stop me now: Psychological effects of interrupting a moving pedestrian crowd and a video game. 10.1371/journal.pone.0287583, 2023
• Pushing and Non-pushing Forward Motion in Crowds: A Systematic Psychological Observation Method for Rating Individual Behavior in Pedestrian Dynamics. 10.17815/CD.2022.138, 2022

Education:

• PhD in social psychology in pedestrian dynamics, Wuppertal University, 2024
• M.A. in psychology, Yaşar University, 2018
• B.A. in socology, Marmara University, 2015

Links:

• ORCID
• ResearchGate