Research on Gaming Methods

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, "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

Working Papers

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.