Policy People Podcast: Gamifying Policy with Sabrina Medieros

Welcome to the Policy People Podcast. In this conversation, I get into the gamification of policy processes with Sabrina Medeiros. We discuss the use of simulation technology to trial potential policy solutions, how to create cloud-based research communities, methods for transcending institutional identities, how women can overcome new COVID-era barriers to policy participation, the evolving nature of maritime cyber attacks, alternative funding models for new tanks, which kinds of career mentoring actually work, the applications of gamification in defense and diplomacy training, and many more topics.You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app” — which will connect you to the show’s feed. Alternatively, you can click the icons below to listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you enjoy this conversation and would like to help the show, sharing this episode’s LinkedIn post is the easiest way to do so. I will personally thank you for sharing at the start of the next episode.Thank you to Chitresh Shrivastva and Anurag Shukla as well as the page Transport Review Forum for sharing our last episode.Sabrina Medeiros is Research Lead at the all-women research platform InterAgency Institute, and Associate Researcher at the National Defense Institute in Lisbon, Portugal. She was formerly a faculty member at the Brazilian Naval War College in Rio de Janeiro and at the Inter-American Defense College in Washington DC where she taught defense economics. Sabrina is an expert in the applications of digital simulations, VR solutions and gamification processes within both defense and diplomatic training. She is an interdisciplinary researcher whose interests include international cooperation, defense economics, qualitative and multi-method research; decision-making processes and simulations. You can discover her platform and it’s research at interagency.institute. You can also connect with Sabrina on LinkedIn or follow her on Twitter at the handle @sabrinamed. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policypeople.substack.com