On the record.
Eric Kant has been cited by international media on crowd safety and crowd science since 2017. A documented record across twelve publications in eight countries.
Cited as a crowd safety expert.
Following major crowd incidents and industry developments, Eric has been consulted by international journalists on crowd safety, event preparation, and what goes wrong when proper planning is absent.
Cited on crowd science and queue behaviour following the record-breaking queue for Queen Elizabeth II’s lying in state.
Read article →Cited on the planning failures behind the Seoul Halloween crush, in an AFP piece distributed internationally.
Read article →Cited on the structural shortage of qualified crowd safety professionals across UK and European live event venues.
Read article →Geciteerd over veiligheidsrisico’s bij drukbezochte Koningsdagvieringen in Noord-Holland. In het Nederlands.
Lees artikel →“I am 100 per cent convinced this tragedy was preventable. Crowd crushes or crowd disasters were and are always predictable, thus preventable.” Eric Kant, cited by AFP following the Seoul Halloween crush — October 2022
Cited for crowd counting and crowd science.
In collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University’s crowd science research group, Eric has provided independent crowd size estimates for major political events in the US, UK, and Canada, using evidence-based methods rather than organiser-reported figures.
Independent crowd size estimate, March for Our Lives, Washington D.C.
Independent crowd estimate, Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade.
MMU press release confirming the research team’s independent crowd count and methodology.
Independent crowd count, Brexit People’s Vote march, London.
Fact-check of the People’s Vote march crowd count, methodology, and findings.
Brexit People’s Vote march attendance figure cited in political coverage.
Reuters fact-check of the inflated attendance claim at the Canadian trucker convoy protest.
Independent crowd estimate for the Women’s March, Austin, Texas.
Selected speaking appearances.
Eric speaks at international industry events on crowd dynamics, decision-making under pressure, and emergency communication for large events.
Published by Eric Kant.
Articles on crowd safety, crowd science, and the practitioner’s perspective — written for professionals and organisers who want to understand what the discipline actually requires.
On the distinction between crowd safety and crowd management, and why conflating the two produces plans that fail on the day.
Read on LinkedIn →On making the transition from thirty years in the Dutch National Police to founding an independent crowd safety consultancy.
Read on LinkedIn →On why capacity calculations go beyond density formulas, and what event planners consistently overlook.
Read on LinkedIn →Published in Dutch following the Seoul Halloween crush, examining whether the tragedy was preventable and what adequate planning would have required.
Read on LinkedIn →Frequently asked questions.
Eric Kant has been cited by Wired, Billboard, and AFP (distributed internationally) on crowd safety topics including the Seoul Halloween crush, the Queen Elizabeth II queue, and the structural shortage of crowd safety professionals in the live events industry.
Yes. Following the October 2022 Seoul Halloween crush, Eric Kant was cited by AFP, stating that crowd disasters are predictable and that the tragedy was preventable with proper planning.
In collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University’s crowd science research group, Eric Kant provided independent crowd size estimates for the March for Our Lives in Washington D.C., the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade, the Brexit People’s Vote march in London, and the Women’s March in Austin. His work has been cited by the New York Times, Wired, Full Fact, Reuters, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Yes. In 2022, Reuters cited Eric Kant in a fact-check of the inflated attendance claims at the Canadian trucker convoy protest.
Eric Kant has spoken at the AIPC Facility Operations Summit in Barcelona, the IBIT Event Safety Conference in Berlin, Yourope in Paris, Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, the International Crowd Science Conference at Manchester Metropolitan University, and the Expert Session Crowd Management at Breda University of Applied Sciences.
Eric Kant has published articles on crowd safety and crowd management, event capacity calculations, and the Seoul Halloween crush. He is also a published academic researcher, with work archived on Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20607269).