A5078648017- Political Conflict and Governance
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- International Development and Aid
- Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Disaster Response and Management
- Cambodian History and Society
- Global Political and Social Dynamics
- Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
- Health and Conflict Studies
Uppsala University
2019-2022
The dramatic increase in the number of fatalities organized violence, seen between 2011 and 2014, did not continue 2015 2016. Rather, notation some 131,000 2014 was followed by a steep decline, with just below 119,000 little over 102,000 Despite decrease, fifth highest during entire 1989–2016 period. Most – 87,000 were incurred state-based conflicts, main driver behind trend. Just as fatalities, albeit remaining on high level, continued to decrease 2016, going from 52 49, 12 them reaching...
This article presents ViEWS – a political violence early-warning system that seeks to be maximally transparent, publicly available, and have uniform coverage, sketches the methodological innovations required achieve these objectives. produces monthly forecasts at country subnational level for 36 months into future all three UCDP types of organized violence: state-based conflict, non-state one-sided in Africa. The methodology data behind forecasts, evaluates their predictive performance,...
This article presents the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) “Violent Political Protest” (VPP) data set: a new –standalone- category of organized violence, which complements, and is compatible with, UCDP’s three categories violence: one-sided non-state, state-based conflict. It consists violent political protests, with at least 25 casualties during year, in informally civilians challenge states over governmental or territorial issues. We describe collection process, demonstrate data’s use...