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World’s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war. ucdp.uu.se
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In an article for the Telegraph, Magnus Öberg and Therese Pettersson, both from @ucdp.bsky.social, discuss how indirect deaths from war far exceed the fatalities recorded in conflict datasets.

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December 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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📢 Call for Papers DEMSCORE Conference 2026
We invite submissions for presentations and panel discussions preferably using at least two of DEMSCORE’s data sources (see 🧵).

Abstract submission deadline March 22, 2026
Read more: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

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December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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🎉 UCDP Research Coordinator Therese Pettersson has been named to Clarivate’s 2025 “Highly Cited Researchers” list. This is likely the first time a researcher from our department has received this distinction.

Congratulations Therese and the entire @ucdp.bsky.social team on this achievement! 💪
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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📢 Out Now! DEMSCORE v6
Demscore v6 update includes the new @ucdp.bsky.social annual release, updated @repdem-org.bsky.social Basic datasets, @viewsforecasting.org monthly updates until August 2025, + a new thematic dataset on Laws and Liberties.
#SocialScienceData #PoliticalScienceData #Polisky
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November 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Coming very soon! DEMSCORE v6 offers new updates from UCDP, REPDEM, and VIEWS, and a new thematic dataset.
@ucdp.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org ‬‬
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October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Today we had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation from @sidasweden.bsky.social‬, which manages Sweden's foreign aid. Thank you for this opportunity to hear about your impactful work around the globe, and discuss how our research and data could further support these efforts!
August 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Israeli military's own data shows 83% of deaths in Gaza were civilians.

UCDP's Therese Pettersson calls the ratio "unusually high", comparable to Rwanda 1994 and Mariupol 2022.

This article highlights immense civilian suffering and raises questions about the reliability of wartime casualty data.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 21
Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000 Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare. As of May, 19 months into the war, Israeli intelligence officials listed 8,900 named fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as dead or “probably dead”, a joint investigation by the Guardian, the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call has found. 8,900 Named fighters listed as dead or ‘probably dead’ in Israeli database as of May 2025 Continue reading...
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August 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🏆We are happy to announce that #DEMSCORE has received the 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 & 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Award, in the framework of Acquisition International’s Non-Profit Organisation Award 2025🎉

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August 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
uupeace.bsky.social UppsalaPeaceConflict @uupeace.bsky.social · Aug 14
We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social

📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1

Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
August 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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📊 The two most used sources of conflict data are @ucdp.bsky.social and ACLED. A recent article examines which factors drive the differences observed in these two datasets.

🔗 Open access article in Research & Politics by Magnus Öberg and Mert Can Yilmaz: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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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 (1/3)

Read the article: doi.org/10.1177/2053...
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July 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Presenterade den dystra omvärldsutvecklingen, de ökande konfliktnivåerna med data från Uppsala konfliktdataprogram @ucdp.bsky.social , och diskuterade framtidsutsikter med @erikmelander.bsky.social i Almedalen. #Almedalen
Bild av Magnus Öberg & erik Melander i Almedalen som presenterar utvecklingen av organiserat våld i världen
June 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Want to know more about conflict deaths across the world? @ourworldindata.org has now updated their visuals with the latest data from UCDP. ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace
June 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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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) www.dn.se/varlden/sven...
Svensk kartläggning: Minst 29 000 civila har dödats i Gazakriget
Sedan den 7 oktober 2023 har minst 29 000 civila dödats i väpnade attacker i Israel och de ockuperade palestinska områdena.
www.dn.se
June 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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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 @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social open access article:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Organized violence 1989–2024, and the challenges of identifying civilian victims - Shawn Davies, Therése Pettersson, Margareta Sollenberg, Magnus Öberg, 2025
This article examines global trends in organized violence based on new data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). In 2024, the number of state-based ar...
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June 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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🎙️ UCDP Research coordinator Therese Petterson discusses the @ucdp.bsky.social newly released data for the year 2024 in the latest episode of Researching Peace. She also walks us through how the team ensures the quality of the datasets.

🎧Listen:
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June 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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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, presenting the most recent findings from UCDP that underpin the report.

Watch the event here: youtu.be/kJjY8xRXK_k
Photo: Kia Michaelsen
June 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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The full analysis by Shawn Davies, Therése Pettersson, Margareta Sollenberg and @magnusoberg.bsky.social (all @uupeace.bsky.social) is open access in Journal of Peace Research – read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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June 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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New UCDP data release! In the 2024 update from the @ucdp.bsky.social, organised violence remained alarmingly high, with 61 state-based conflicts and nearly 160,000 recorded fatalities.
June 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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New data from UCDP shows the highest number of active conflicts ever recorded, press release found here: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
UCDP: Sharp increase in conflicts and wars
The number of armed conflicts in the world reached a historic high in 2024. This is shown by new data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University. Despite a marginal decrease i...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Right now at the #DemscoreConference:
Final panel - How to deal with uncertainty in #conflict data collection and forecasting?
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@viewsforecasting.org‬‬‬ @uupeace.bsky.social ‬

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June 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Ready to welcome you to the Demscore Conference 2025!
Check out the program at www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
#Polisky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky #PoliSciSky

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June 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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We look forward to paper presentations on topics such as “Perception of Corruption Among Local Decision Makers,” “Civil Conflict and Malaria Infection,” “Ethnicity and Public Opinion in Autocracies,” and “Voter Reactions to Coalition Agreements.”
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June 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Yesterday, we celebrated the @ucdp.bsky.social upcoming annual data release, scheduled for 11 June. For the 2024 datasets the team coded 37 000 events using 60 000 sources to continue providing the best possible conflict data. An amazing effort by the UCDP team!
May 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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DEMSCORE version 5.0 includes additional datasets from UCDP: The Cities and Armed Conflict Events (CACE), Deadly Electoral Conflict dataset (DECO), and the Ethnic One-Sided Violence (EOSV) Dataset.
Explore at www.demscore.se/data/

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April 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM