Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Description
UCDP Actor Dataset containing information on all actors, state and non-state, included in UCDP's datasets. The dataset is constructed so as to be compatible with all UCDP´s datasets on organized violence. As such, it functions as an inventory of actors in UCDP data, but its scope is broader than that. The dataset identifies which types of organized violence the actor has been involved in and, more particularly, in which conflicts. In addition, the dataset also includes information on the group’s origins and alliances. For all actors, the location of the actor is given, as is the region where the location is situated.
Purpose:
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) collects information on a large number of aspects of armed violence since 1946.
Language
English
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Uppsala Cinflict Data Program
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Sate and non-state actors in violence conflicts
Time period(s) investigated
1946 – ongoing
Research area
Conflict, security and peace
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Access to data via
Homepage
Description
Cite as:Uppsala Conflict Data Program (Date of retrieval: yy/mm/dd) UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia: www.ucdp.uu.se/database, Uppsala University
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Keywords
international relations, international conflict, international politics, internal political conflict, peace, conflict, armed forces, conflict resolution, assault
Time period(s) investigated
1946 – 2013
Variables
30
Number of individuals/objects
1274