UCDP Update Alert 32:

Major data releases

UCDP has released six new versions of its annually updated datasets: UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset v.19.1, UCDP Dyadic Dataset v.19.1, UCDP Battle-related Deaths Dataset v.19.1, UCDP Georeferenced Events Dataset v.19.1 (UCDP GED 19.1), UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset v.19.1 and UCDP One-sided Violence Dataset v.19.1.

UCDP has also released an updated version of the UCDP Peace Agreements Dataset (19.1), now covering 1975-2018.

All datasets and codebooks can be downloaded from ucdp.uu.se/downloads

Encyclopedia update

The UCDP encyclopedia has been updated with information for 2018, including conflict narratives and actor descriptions.

Publications

In their article “Organized violence, 1989-2018 and Peace Agreements” in the July issue of Journal of Peace Research, Therese Pettersson, Stina Högbladh and Magnus Öberg present updated data on all three categories of organized violence (state-based conflict, non-state conflict and one-sided violence) as well as on peace agreements.