UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset

Overview Description Data and documentation

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

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.

Subject area

Conflict, security and peace (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

international conflict, internal political conflict, peace, conflict, war, civil war, armed forces, guerrilla activities, war deaths, assault

Principal organisation

Uppsala University

Accessibility status

Access to data through an external actor
Data are freely accessible

Homepage

Uppsala Conflict Data Program

Responsible department/unit

Uppsala University, Uppsala Cinflict Data Program

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

Identifiers

SND-ID: EXT 0029

Description

Language

English

Time period(s) investigated

1989 — ongoing

Unit of analysis

Event/Process/Activity

Population

Non-state armed conflicts

Data contains personal data

Subject area

Conflict, security and peace (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

international conflict, internal political conflict, peace, conflict, war, civil war, armed forces, guerrilla activities, war deaths, assault

Citation requirement

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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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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