The conflict simulation group

The Conflict Simulation Group, located at the University of Würzburg, Germany, has begun using conflict simulations as an educational tool in 2011. Since then, the group has developed a number of rule sets addressing various topics, and conducted research on the history of conflict simulations in military training.

Jorit Wintjes studied ancient and modern history, Latin and ancient Greek at the University of Würzburg. He wrote a dissertation on the Antiochian orator Libanius and a Habilitationsschrift on the Roman naval forces on north western Europe. His research interests include ancient and pre-WWI military history, the role of women in warfare and the use of conflict simulations in officer training. He is a professor at the Würzburg Ancient History Department teaching in the history and digital humanities programmes.

Steffen Pielström studied biology at the University of Würzburg. He wrote a PhD thesis on organization processes, information use and decision making in ant societies. His current research interests include computational text analysis, the application of quantitative methodology in humanities research, and the simulation and modelling of conflicts. He currently works as a project coordinator at the Department of Literary Computing and teaches data analysis skills in the digital humanities programme.