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.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
11.12.2025 10:27 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Image of ocean shore with text about the Call for Papers and Panels for the Demscore conference 2026. The same information is available in the post.
📢 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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04.12.2025 11:55 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
🎉 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! 💪
17.11.2025 14:56 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Image of ocean shore with text with information about what is new in the Demscore version 6 update.
📢 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.
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03.11.2025 09:27 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Decorative image of an ocean shore with the text Coming soon: Demscore version 6.
Coming very soon! DEMSCORE v6 offers new updates from UCDP, REPDEM, and VIEWS, and a new thematic dataset.
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23.10.2025 12:09 — 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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!
21.08.2025 13:40 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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.
21.08.2025 14:32 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
🏆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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21.08.2025 08:13 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
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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/...
18.08.2025 07:09 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
- Source evaluation standards matter more than sourcing strategies.
- Stable definitions are essential for reliable measurement, not a flaw. (3/3)
24.07.2025 19:41 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Some key findings:
- Most differences stem from how projects handle ambiguity & uncertainty in poor information environments.
- Auxiliary coding rules (e.g., counting "people killed" as 2 vs 10 fatalities) explain 90%+ of differences in some cases. (2/3)
24.07.2025 19:41 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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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...
24.07.2025 19:41 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Bild av Magnus Öberg & erik Melander i Almedalen som presenterar utvecklingen av organiserat våld i världen
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
26.06.2025 07:19 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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
23.06.2025 08:19 — 👍 28 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 1
🎙️ 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:
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-9jgwa...
17.06.2025 08:13 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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
13.06.2025 06:52 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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/...
11.06.2025 09:38 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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.
11.06.2025 09:38 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
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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10.06.2025 09:55 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Ready to welcome you to the Demscore Conference 2025!
Check out the program at www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
#Polisky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky #PoliSciSky
@qoginstitute.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social @repdem-org.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org
09.06.2025 09:48 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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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05.06.2025 09:10 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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!
23.05.2025 11:11 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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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08.04.2025 12:25 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Bra insats!
07.04.2025 18:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢 #DEMSCORE v5 is out tomorrow, March 28!
The update includes the annual updates from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social & @qoginstitute.bsky.social. #REPDEM Basic dataset has been expanded with countries outside Europe and new, additional datasets from #COMPLAB, @ucdp.bsky.social and #HDATA.
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27.03.2025 13:55 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
In their latest paper, @realmps.bsky.social and @corinnebara.bsky.social dive into the connections between 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.
24.03.2025 09:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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