Dr Yunhe Tong is currently an Associate Professor at Central South University in China, holds a PhD in Engineering Mathematics from the University of Bristol, completed his bachelor’s degree at Southwest Jiaotong University and his master’s degree at Central South University, and previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh; his research focuses on individual decision-making in emergency scenarios and the emergence of crowd dynamics from interpersonal interactions, with strong applications to urban safety, emergency evacuation and public space risk management.