UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset

SND-ID: ext0029-1.

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Ralph Sundberg - Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research

Kristine Eck - Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research

Joakim Kreutz - Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research

Research principal

Uppsala University - Uppsala Cinflict Data Program rorId

Description

The UCDP, Uppsala Conflict Data Program, contains information on a large number data on organised violence, armed violence, and peacemaking. There is information from 1946 up to today, and the datasets are updated continuously. The data can be downloaded for free.

The UCDP Non-Sate Conflict Dataset is a conflict-year dataset with information of communal and organized armed conflict where none of the parties is the government of a state. The dataset has a temporal scope covering 1989-2013, and includes information on start and end dates, fatality estimates, and locations.

The UCDP Non-State conflict project has been developed with support from the Human Security Report Project, Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver,Canada.

Purpose:

The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) collects information on a large number of aspects of armed violence since 1946.

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The UCDP, Uppsala Conflict Data Program, contains information on a large number data on organised violence, armed violence, and peacemaking. There is information from 1946 up to today, and the datasets are updated continuously. The data can be downloaded for free.

The UCDP Non-Sate Conflict Dataset is a conflict-year dataset with information of communal and organized armed conflict where none of the parties is the government of a state. The dataset has a temporal scope covering 1989-2013, and includes information on start and end dates, fatality estimates, and locations.

The UCDP Non-State conflict project has been developed with support from the Human Security Report Project, Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver,Canada.

Purpose:

The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) collects information on a large number of aspects of armed violence since 1946.

Cite as:
Sundberg, Ralph, Kristine Eck and Joakim Kreutz, 2012, "Introducing the UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset", Journal of Peace Research, March 2012, 49:351-362 Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Non-state armed conflicts

Time period(s) investigated

1989 – 2013

Variables

23

Number of individuals/objects

784

Data format / data structure

Data collection
Geographic coverage
Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Uppsala Cinflict Data Program

Topic and keywords

Research area

Conflict, security and peace (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Political science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Publications

Sundberg, Ralph, Kristine Eck and Joakim Kreutz, 2012, "Introducing the UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset", Journal of Peace Research, March 2012, 49:351-362

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