UCDP GED version 1.1-2011, 1989-2010

Due to the large size and complex nature of the files part of this dataset, a separate project page has been specifically created for this project. To download data (available in CSV, KML, Excel, ESRI Shapefile and SQL) please click here:

http://ucdp.uu.se/ged/data.php

Content:

Two separate datasets are part of the project:

1. An event-based and georeferenced dataset on all three of the UCDP’s types of organized violence. Each unit of analyses is a single event of organized violence in which it is believed that at least 1 person was killed. Each event is georeferenced in a point format, according to the WGS84 datum. Dataset is in a zipfile, containing the dataset itself, the codebook and additional necessary data. The dataset covers all countries in Africa, from 1989 to 2010. This dataset is called the UCDP GED Point Dataset.

2. A dataset of geographically mapped conflict areas (conflict polygons) for all three of UCDP's types of organized violence. The unit of analysis is the geographical area (spread) of one state-based or non-state conflict or one-sided violence. Both yearly and aggregated polygons (covering the 1989-2010 period) are available for download and visualisation. This dataset is called the UCDP GED Conflict Polygons Dataset.

The most recent version is 1.1-2011.

Latest presentation of data: Melander, Erik and Ralph Sundberg, 2011, “Climate Change, Environmental Stress, and Violent Conflict--Tests introducing the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset", Under review, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University

Citation: Always cite:

The codebook  for the UCDP GED Point Dataset

Sundberg, Ralph, Mathilda Lindgren and Ausra Padskocimaite, 2010, “UCDP GED Codebook version 1.0-2011”, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

The codebook  for the UCDP GED Conflict Polygons Dataset

Croicu, Mihai Catalin, Ralph Sungberg, 2012, "UCDP GED Conflict Polygons Dataset Codebook version 1.1-2011", Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

…and the latest data presentation (only for the UCDP GED Point Dataset)

Melander, Erik, and Ralph Sundberg, 2011, “Climate Change, Environmental Stress, and Violent Conflict – Test Introducing the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset”, Paper presented at the International Studies Association, March 16-19, Montreal, Canada

To download the dataset in Excel, CSV, KML, SQL or ESRI Shapefile versions please visit the GED project data download page by clicking here.

A comparison of coverage and quality of UCDP GED to ACLED can be found in the following article: Eck, Kristine (2012) "In Data We Trust? A Comparison of UCDP GED and ACLED Conflict Events Datasets," Cooperation and Conflict 47(1): forthcoming.

For more information, please visit the UCDP GED project page.

Latest update: 28 March 2012