ELIZABETH M. BARTELS
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Research on Gaming Methods

Dissertation
  • E.M. Bartels, Building Better Games for National Security Policy Analysis: Towards a Social Scientific Approach, RAND Corporation, 2020.​

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.
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