{"id":646,"date":"2026-03-20T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germanwargamingcenter.eu\/?post_type=team-member&#038;p=646"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:32:25","slug":"olivia-hager","status":"publish","type":"team-member","link":"https:\/\/germanwargamingcenter.eu\/en\/team-member\/olivia-hager\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Hager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Olivia Hager<\/strong>&nbsp;is a Senior Consultant in the field of Wargaming at BwConsulting \u2013 the in-house consultancy of the German Armed Forces. In this role, she supports strategic projects of the Federal Ministry of Defence with methodological and subject-matter expertise in simulation-based decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her focus lies on the design and facilitation of analogue boardgame formats.She brings a background in behavioral economics and international relations to her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among her key projects are \u201cScenario ECHO \u2013 Gemeinsam Wehrhaft\u201d, an educational serious game in the field of civil-military cooperation, and \u201cBaltic Mesh \u2013 Lines of Command\u201d, an analytical (mega-)wargame supporting military C2 processes, conducted with over 70 participants at the Lithuanian Brigade in Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olivia is internationally connected in the wargaming community and develops tailor-made game concepts in close coordination with a variety of stakeholders \u2013 from the first idea through to implementation. Her focus is on combining creativity, security-policy relevance, and methodological excellence in wargame design.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":314,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-646","team-member","type-team-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanwargamingcenter.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team-member\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanwargamingcenter.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team-member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanwargamingcenter.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team-member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanwargamingcenter.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanwargamingcenter.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}