Research on Gaming Methods

Dissertation

Monographs

C. Paul, Y.H. Wong, and E.M. Bartels, Opportunities for Including the Information Environment in U.S. Marine Corps Wargames, RAND Corporation, 2020.
Y.H. Wong, S.J. Bae, E.M. Bartels, and B.M. Smith, Next Generation Wargaming for the U.S. Marine Corps, RAND Corporation, 2019.

Peer Reviewed Articles

E.M. Bartels, M. McCown, and T. Wilkie, “Designing Peace and Conflict Exercises: Level of Analysis, Scenario, and Role Specification.” Simulation and Gaming, February 2013 44: 36-50.

Book Chapters

E.M. Bartels, “Inhabited Models and Irregular Warfare Games: An Approach to Educational and Analytical Gaming at the US Department of Defense,” In Pat Harrigan and Matthew Kirschenbaum, eds. Zones of Control. Cambridge: MIT Press, April 2016.

Commentaries and Essays

E.M. Bartels, "Wargaming as an Educational Tool," The Forge, December 2020.
E.M. Bartels, "Shall We Play A Game?," War Room, July 2020.
E.M Bartels, "Building a Pipeline of Wargaming Talent: A Two-Track Solution," War on the Rocks, November 2018.
E.M. Bartels, "Adding Shots on Target: Wargaming Beyond the Game," War on the Rocks, October 2017.
E.M. Bartels, “Getting the Most out of Your Wargame: Advice for Game Sponsors,” War on the Rocks, January 2016.
E.M. Bartels, “Gaming: Learning at Play.” OR/MS Today, August 2014.

Podcast and Public Lectures

"The (Social) Science of Wargaming," Georgetown Wargaming Society Lecture, March 2021.
"Epistemology of Wargaming" King's College London's Wargaming Network, December 2020.
"The (War)Games We Play," War on the Rocks Podcast, November 2019.
"Wargames," Defense One Radio, October 2019.
"Wargaming and Nation Security Decision Making with Elizabeth Bartels," Strategy Bridge Podcast, April 2019.

Working Papers

E. M. Bartels, Incorporating Gaming into Research Programs in International Relations: Repetition, Game Series, and Multi-Method Analysis, Prepared for ISA Annual Conference, 2021 (first presented at APSA Annual Conference, 2020)
E.M. Bartels, The Science of Wargames: A discussion of philosophies of science for research games, Prepared for War Gaming and Implications for International Relations Research MIT CIS and U.S. Naval War College Workshop, Endicott House, 2019.
E. M. Bartels, Archetypes of Information Produced by Analytical Games, Prepared for ISA Annual Conference, Toronto, 2019.
E. M. Bartels, Games as Structured Comparisons: A discussion of methods, Prepared for ISA Annual Conference, San Francisco, 2018.

Selected Presentations

E.M. Bartels, Critiquing a Framework for Linking Game Purpose to Design, Connections Wargaming Conference, Washington DC, 2018.
E. M. Bartels, Insights from a Survey of the Wargaming Community, MORS Community of Practice, Santa Monica, CA, 2017.
E. M. Bartels, Resolving Hidden Information in Open Adjudication, Connections UK Wargaming Conference, London, UK, 2016.
E. M. Bartels, Methods of Social Inquiry for Game Design, MORS Community of Practice, Washington, DC, 2015.