The Hoover Institution hosts Wargaming: Its History, Application, and Future Use on February 16, February 23, and March 16, 2022.

The February 23 session focuses on a discussion about wargame design and analysis and the role of social science and experimental research in wargame development.


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FEBRUARY 23
11:00-12:30PM PT

Wargame Design and Social Science:
A discussion about wargame design and analysis and the role of social science and experimental research in wargame development

Dr. Rose McDermott is the David and Mariana Fisher University Professor of International Relations at Brown University and a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
 

Dr. Andrew Reddie is an Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Information and senior engineer at Sandia National Laboratories where he works on projects related to cybersecurity, nuclear weapons policy, wargaming, and emerging military technologies.
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The Hoover Institution invites you to join leading historians, political scientists, and national security decision-makers as they discuss the role that wargames that have played in international relations, how social science can help guide wargame design and analysis, and the future applications of wargames for policy problems and academic research. Based off the recently published article, "Wargaming for International Relations," the series is moderated by authors, Dr. Jackie Schneider, Hoover Fellow, Hoover Institution, Dr. Reid Pauly, Brown University, and Dr. Erik Lin-Greenberg, MIT.

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