Simulation Helps Batten Students Understand Complexities of Migration

Two years ago, the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy’s Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming put students through the paces of a global food security simulation. Last year, the center created a global pandemic simulation.

Batten assistant professor of public policy Noah Myung designed a simulation that used real-word data. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
SIMULATION HELPS BATTEN STUDENTS UNDERSTAND COMPLEXITIES OF MIGRATION


SIMULATION HELPS BATTEN STUDENTS UNDERSTAND COMPLEXITIES OF MIGRATION

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