Crowded Places and Public Safety Management MSc (Online)

Coventry University

Evaluate internal and external risks and apply effective risk management within organisations.

This module covers adapting to complex, dynamic risks and managing incidents that impact political, economic, social and environmental areas, focusing on communication and media management.

Explore different risk interpretations, leadership models and risk reduction techniques for incidents and crises.

You’ll assess leadership challenges in command-and-control settings and examine how to learn from incidents while overcoming barriers to change.

Get the opportunity to design and carry out an independent research project in a specialist area of your discipline (such as Crowded Places, Public Safety, Disaster Management, Emergency Management, Resilience, International Development or Sustainability).

Working under the guidance of an experienced academic supervisor, you will develop skills in problem identification, literature review, research design and methodology. This module also builds your ability to plan, manage and evaluate a project within an academic, industrial or commercial context.

You will learn how to address ethical and risk considerations, apply appropriate research methods (technical, scientific or social science), manage data collection and analysis, and present your findings clearly through professional report writing.

Explore strategies for long-term planning in a world of uncertainty.

This module focuses on flexible approaches to global trends like climate change and social justice, using modern techniques and systems thinking to plan for future actions and meet evolving stakeholder needs.

Understand how to lead and develop people in a diverse and inclusive way.

You will explore topics such as leadership theories, culture, wellbeing, and strategies for improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in various organisational settings.

You will also have the opportunity to develop strategic priorities for leadership and inclusivity. Upon successful completion of the module, you will gain the CMI Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice.

Explore the factors shaping crowded places, including their design, management and vulnerabilities. You’ll examine crowds as complex socio-technical systems, applying a risk-based approach to improve planning.

Topics include crowd science, command and control, coordination, communication, and technology use.

Conduct structured threat assessments to evaluate public safety and security challenges. You’ll use analytical tools to identify root causes—whether organisational or malicious—and learn how to design organisations that effectively manage these risks.

Develop skills in critical evaluation, research design, and data collection to assess practices and policies in emergency and crisis fields.

Learn methods like surveys, archival research, interviews and quantitative analysis, while exploring research ethics and dissemination.

This module aims to provide you with the skills to plan, design, and manage training exercises for disaster and crisis management.

Explore preparedness, resilience, and training methods, helping you assess and apply training principles while covering exercise evaluation, learning outcomes and project management.

This module provides a critical understanding of strategies for emergency and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.

Learn to design, implement, test, and evaluate plans for natural, social and technological hazards, with a focus on public safety in crowded spaces.