Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) - the world's leading resource on peace and conflict data.
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UCDP retweeted
11 Dec 2025
Magnus Öberg and Therese Pettersson, both part of @UCDP, discuss how indirect deaths from war far exceed the fatalities recorded in conflict datasets.👇
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Israeli military data shows 83% of deaths in Gaza were civilians.
UCDP's Therese Pettersson calls this "unusually high", comparable to Rwanda & Mariupol.
Guardian piece highlights civilian suffering & challenges in assessing wartime casualty data theguardian.com/world/ng-int…
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UCDP retweeted
16 Aug 2025
After a long time I created a map I want to share.
Data from @UU_Peace (UCDP GED 24.1).
Each dot = a violent event since 1989
🎨 Color = type of violence
⚖️ Size = fatalities (best estimate)
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A new article by UCDP's Magnus Öberg and Mert Can Yilmaz in Research & Politics reveals that differences between major conflict datasets aren't driven by sourcing strategies or inclusion thresholds as previously claimed.
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Read the article: doi.org/10.1177/205316802513…
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UCDP retweeted
27 Jun 2025
Trending in #InternationalRelations:
ooir.org/index.php?field=Soc…
1) Organized violence & civilian victims (@jpr_journal)
2) Green industrial policy (@npejournal)
3) Limits to derisked decarbonization (@ripejournal)
4) Fortress AUKUS (@ip_palgrave)
5) Third World & decolonisation
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Want to know more about conflict deaths across the world? @OurWorldInData has now updated their visuals with the latest data from UCDP. ourworldindata.org/war-and-p…
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The war in Gaza features one of the highest civilian-to-combatant death ratios of any modern conflict. UCDP:s Mert Can Yilmaz elaborates on this in Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish) dn.se/varlden/svensk-kartlag…
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UCDP retweeted
18 Jun 2025
New @UCDP data shows conflict is at a historic high. In 2024, the world saw 61 state-based conflicts - the most since WWII. Africa tops the list, nearly doubling in a decade.
“Now is not the time to retreat from global engagement," PRIO’s Siri Aas Rustad warns. prio.org/news/3616
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“The number of interstate conflicts doubled from two in 2023 to four in 2024. This is the highest number recorded since 1987, reflecting a trend in which interstate conflicts have become increasingly common since 2016.”
Since 2010, the number of conflicts involving states has almost doubled, and the total number of deaths has increased five-fold. Read more about the new UCDP data in this @JPR_journal open access article:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Since 2010, the number of conflicts involving states has almost doubled, and the total number of deaths has increased five-fold. Read more about the new UCDP data in this @JPR_journal open access article:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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What does the latest data say about global conflict trends?
UCDP’s Therese Pettersson joined the launch of the @PRIOresearch Conflict Trends Report, sharing UCDP’s latest findings.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/kJjY8xRXK_k
📷: Kia Michaelsen
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New data from UCDP shows the highest number of active conflicts ever recorded, press release found here: eurekalert.org/news-releases…
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In their new paper, Schumann and Bara connect different forms of war-related UCDP violence and specific civil wars. A valuable read for anyone looking to understand how various forms of violence intersect and impact conflict dynamics. doi.org/10.1177/205316802513…
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UCDP retweeted
7 Mar 2025
We are now receiving applications for one fully funded #PhDposition in peace and conflict research, with a focus on political violence in democratic countries. Read more. 👉 uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jo…
Also see our general PhD position.👉 uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jo…
#Democracy
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UCDP's Therese Pettersson talks conflict trends & the emotional toll of researching violence on Finnish Radio Yle Vega.
(In Swedish)
arenan.yle.fi/poddar/1-73638…
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UCDP Candidate Events Data are now available for the full year 2024 at ucdp.uu.se/downloads/ This map shows lethal events of organized violence at the PRIO-GRID level (download pdf for better resolution) tinyurl.com/2yrz97va
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