Effective disaster response requires time-critical decisions to get personnel and supplies to the right places as quickly as possible. Such operations are complicated by the need for coordination among multiple stakeholders. We developed a serious online game for humanitarian logistics courses. Our development effort includes the creation of a flexible digital platform for delivering game-style simulations for undergraduate and graduate education and for response training within large enterprises. The system has instructional design interfaces for creating a wide range of disaster scenarios including, but not limited to, earthquakes, floods, pandemics, storms, and wildfires.

Klein MG, Jackson PL, Mazereeuw M (2022). Teaching humanitarian logistics with the Disaster Response Game. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 20, 158–169, DOI: 10.1111/dsji.12261.

Faculty: if you would to use the Disaster Response Game in your classes, please send a request by email.

The Disaster Response Game is currently available for use at no cost, subject to system capacity limits. A screen capture is shown below.