Workshop: Gaming and Learning in Security Studies

Workshop Gaming and Learning in Security Studies
February 28, 2025
8:45AM - 4:45PM
1039 Derby Hall

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2025-02-28 08:45:00 2025-02-28 16:45:00 Workshop: Gaming and Learning in Security Studies RegisterWhat good are games? This full-day workshop introduces participants to some uses of gaming in current approaches to international, national, and human security challenges. "Serious games" range from tabletop exercises to multiday immersive role-playing simulations; players may be military officers or activist leaders as well as teachers and students in many parts of our own university. We'll talk about the value (and possible limitations) of games for strategic thinking, professional socialization, research and critique, teambuilding, and more. Mershon faculty and grad students will be joined by guests Filip Ejdus, director of the Serious Games Lab at the University of Belgrade, and Cameron Hunter of the Ritual Deterrence Project at the University of Copenhagen. The workshop is an extension of the Scenario Writing Seminar currently being taught in preparation for Mershon's biennial National Security Simulation--coming up again in October 2025! Schedule:MORNING: GAMES AND SOCIALIZATION8:45AM Welcome and introductionDorothy Noyes, Director, Mershon Center9:00-10:15AM Wargaming: strategy and ritualCameron Hunter, University of CopenhagenCoffee and carbohydrates10:30-11:30AM Professional socialization in the National Security SimulationDakota Rudesill, Mershon Center/Moritz College of Law11:30AM-12:30PM Games in the international relations classroomLaurie Georges and Christian Godwin, Political ScienceLunchAFTERNOON: GAMES AND TRANSFORMATION1:30-2:30PM Peacegaming: a Cyprus simulation in IstanbulTeri Murphy, Associate Director, Mershon CenterCoffee and carbohydrates2:45-4:15PM Games inside and outside the classroom in SerbiaFilip Ejdus, University of Belgrade4:15-4:45PM Closing remarks and discussionJennifer Mitzen, Political Science, and Dorothy Noyes, Mershon Center/English/Comparative Studies  1039 Derby Hall America/New_York public

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What good are games? This full-day workshop introduces participants to some uses of gaming in current approaches to international, national, and human security challenges. "Serious games" range from tabletop exercises to multiday immersive role-playing simulations; players may be military officers or activist leaders as well as teachers and students in many parts of our own university. We'll talk about the value (and possible limitations) of games for strategic thinking, professional socialization, research and critique, teambuilding, and more. 

Mershon faculty and grad students will be joined by guests Filip Ejdus, director of the Serious Games Lab at the University of Belgrade, and Cameron Hunter of the Ritual Deterrence Project at the University of Copenhagen. The workshop is an extension of the Scenario Writing Seminar currently being taught in preparation for Mershon's biennial National Security Simulation--coming up again in October 2025! 

Schedule:

MORNING: GAMES AND SOCIALIZATION

8:45AM Welcome and introduction
Dorothy Noyes, Director, Mershon Center

9:00-10:15AM Wargaming: strategy and ritual
Cameron Hunter, University of Copenhagen

Coffee and carbohydrates

10:30-11:30AM Professional socialization in the National Security Simulation
Dakota Rudesill, Mershon Center/Moritz College of Law

11:30AM-12:30PM Games in the international relations classroom
Laurie Georges and Christian Godwin, Political Science

Lunch

AFTERNOON: GAMES AND TRANSFORMATION

1:30-2:30PM Peacegaming: a Cyprus simulation in Istanbul
Teri Murphy, Associate Director, Mershon Center

Coffee and carbohydrates

2:45-4:15PM Games inside and outside the classroom in Serbia
Filip Ejdus, University of Belgrade

4:15-4:45PM Closing remarks and discussion
Jennifer Mitzen, Political Science, and Dorothy Noyes, Mershon Center/English/Comparative Studies

 

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